Promoting Social Vitality with a Community-Based Approach in Informal Settlements (Case Study: Koshtargah Neighborhood-Urmia)

The main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between descriptive variables and social vitality in informal settlements, which ultimately in order to promote social vitality with a community-based approach and using neighborhood and extra-neighborhood potentials to propose strategies.

The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature. The materials used have been collected in the form of documentary and field impressions. Data collection tools are in several forms: observation, questionnaire, interview and filing. The statistical population of the study is the residents of the Koshtargah neighborhood and and according to Cochran's formula, the sample size is 372 people. Data analysis will be done both quantitatively and qualitatively. In the quantitative dimension of statistical methods and in the qualitative dimension, the results of statistical surveys and questionnaires are analyzed.

According to Spearman and Mann-Whitney U test, the results of this study indicate the existence of an average direct relationship between the variables of marital status, education level, employment status, income level and social vitality and there is little inverse relationship between age and social vitality Also, according to the average rank, women have higher social vitality than men.

In order to empower and promote social vitality based on the potentials, neighborhood assets and community-based approach in the Koshtargah neighborhood, four types of strategies:SO, WO, ST, WT have been developed and presented for the neighborhood.