Investigating factors affecting urban stress from the perspective of citizens in Ardabil city

Health is introduced as a lifestyle and an approach to daily life for a person to achieve physical and mental well-being, and it is a balance that a person establishes between himself and the living environment and works in it. This view shows that there is a clear relationship between the work environment, residence and recreation and health, in addition to the ways that a person chooses for his life. Among the factors affecting the mental health of citizens, what is in the urban environment and related to urban planning and design, is included in the category of environmental stressors. The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method. The information required in this research will be collected through documentary and library, field (interview) and questionnaire (researcher-made) methods. Variables affecting urban stress that are studied include (economic, social, physical, environmental, housing quality). The statistical population of the research is all the citizens in Ardabil city. According to the findings of the research, all the factors based on the opinions of the citizens have been effective in creating and increasing stress in the urban environment of Ardabil and according to the index in order (social factors, environmental pollution, housing, physical-environmental factors and in Finally, economic factors) with an average of (4.02, 3.81, 3.74, 3.63) had the greatest impact on the stress of citizens, which indicates the level of stress of the citizens of Ardabil city and ultimately leads to mental illnesses, depression and anxiety. In this regard, city managers can reduce the level of depression of citizens in Ardabil by creating a lively and healthy environment