Applying of the cognitive effect of the role of memory index on promoting the sense of belonging of residents in new and old neighborhoods in Shiraz City

In order to create more meaningful spaces and promote the sense of belonging of residents to the space of their residence, this study seeks to discover the memorable factors affecting the sense of belonging of residents to their living space. Morgh Bazaar were selected from the old neighborhoods and three neighborhoods of Abiyari, Eslah nejad and Havabord from the new neighborhoods of Shiraz were selected as a case study and a questionnaire was distributed. The basic research method of this paper is correlation. The data of the questionnaire are evaluated using Spss software, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (Spearman's ρ) , Tukey , ANOWA, Paired Sample T-Test and Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearson's r) . The memory factor is the independent variable and the sense of belonging is the dependent variable.The results of the present study indicate the importance of the memory factor in promoting a sense of belonging in all neighborhoods, Accordingly, the effect of social memories was greater than physical memories on promoting the sense of belonging of neighborhood residents and in general, the sense of belonging of residents to neighborhoods, in the new texture is much less than the old texture .In general, the index of reminiscent elements from physical memories and familiarity with the neighborhood from social memories has the most impact and the factor of historical buildings from physical memories and non-governmental organizations from social memories has the least effect in promoting residents' sense of belonging to the living space.