Identifying the factors affecting the promotion of a sense of attachment to the place with emphasis on design-Led planning approach

nowdays, the development of cities as well as the developments of urban life is one of the most important issues around the world and providing comfort and well-being of citizens along with providing positive and uplifting emotions is essential. It is important to increase the quality of urban life and improve The components related to the place have been studied and one of the important dimensions in improving the quality of life of urban dwellers is the attachment to the place. Due to the new design-led urban planning approach, this study tries to answer this important point and its purpose is to identify the factors affecting the promotion of a sense of attachment to the place by emphasizing the design-led planning approach. First, by studying the literature and previous researches in the field of sense of attachment to the place, the primary and influential factors were summarized and in order to analyze the data, the content analysis method was used. In open coding, 76 indicators were identified, which in axial coding were summarized in 9 criteria: environmental-contextual, emotional-emotional, social-participatory, physical, cultural-belief, cognitive-perceptual, user individuality, design and planning. As a result, in selective coding, 3 influential factors of place identity, place dependence and design-based planning were determined and presented in the form of a conceptual model of these factors affecting the promotion of sense of attachment to the place with emphasis on design-led planning approach.