Investigating the effective factors on empowering residents of informal settlements in Qazvin city (Case study: Neshat Bagh)

Informal settlements are often formed in places where rural migrants and also the poor people of the urban society settle in these places, as a result of the increasing development of the city and the inability of the city administration to meet the need for housing. These areas are outside the official and legal planning of urban development and progress, and people build settlements inside or outside of the legal area of the cities without permission. These settlements generally do not have official ownership documents and do not benefit from urban public services and infrastructure. The lack of city facilities and public services and the lack of city officials' attention to these neighborhoods lead to the local segregation of residents and the emergence of various social anomalies. The present research with the aim of helping city managers and improving the condition of the neighborhoods of Qazvin city has investigated the tendency of informal settlement residents of Bagh Neshat neighborhood to empowerment. The statistical population of the research was the residents of the informal settlement of Bagh Neshat neighborhood of Qazvin, The results showed; The average trend towards empowerment among the residents of informal settlements in Bagh Neshat neighborhood is higher than the average. Also, the results of multivariate regression analysis showed; Social, economic, physical and legal factors respectively have the greatest effect on the tendency to empower residents, and in total, these four factors explained 27% of the variance of the dependent variable of the research.