فصلنامه مطالعات جامعه شناختی شهری
پیاپی 48 (پاییز 1402)

In order to strengthen their socio-cultural issues, cities adopt various approaches, including: sustainable development and resilience, etc. The aim of the current research is to select the best approach for socio-cultural development in the city of Isfahan, which is developmental-applicative in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical and causal-survey in terms of nature. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in the city of Isfahan. The data was collected using the documentary-library method and questionnaire. The statistical population is experts and custodians of planning and development of urban affairs in the city of Isfahan, among them, 62 people of planning and development of urban affairs and 50 experts were selected by snowball method and the questionnaire was distributed among them. were prioritized using the techniques of TOPSIS, Fuzzy COPRAS, and Fuzzy ARAS techniques And with the SWOT technique, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the socio-cultural development were identified. The findings of TOPSIS, Fuzzy COPRAS and Fuzzy ARAS techniques show that: areas 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and15 should be prioritized in planning And in the SWOT technique, the strategies of expanding humanitarian activities and philanthropy, supporting vulnerable groups, creating sustainable employment, providing needed infrastructure in urban areas, applying housing incentive policies and revising urban development plans and programs are the most effective strategies.

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.

The importance of assessing livability stems from the fact that it reveals the general economic, social and environmental characteristics of an area and it can also be used as a powerful tool for monitoring urban development planning and designing future policies for the city. Therefore, the present study with a descriptive-analytical approach has sought to examine the social livability condition of Tabriz metropolis in two Subjective and Objective dimensions. In order to measure the mental state of social livability (including 7 indicators and 80 items), first the relevant design questionnaire was designed, after determining the statistical sample in the 10 regions of Tabriz using Cochran's method (384 samples) and confirming the validity and reliability of the information questionnaire. Subjective dimension information collected; also, the last statistical yearbook (2018) of Tabriz has been used to examine the objective dimension (including 25 indicators). To analyze the relevant information, Shannon's entropy method has been used to weigh the indicators and research items and the corrective Morris method has been used to determine the social livability status of regions based on global literature at 5 levels. Finally, GIS software is used to draw maps to better understand the social livability at the regional level. The research findings indicate that in terms of Subjective dimension, region 2 with a social livability score of 89.2 is in an acceptable position and is ranked first. Most region (5 region) are in poor condition and unacceptable. In the objective dimension, none of the regions is in a suitable condition and the 10 studied regions are in an unfavorable and unacceptable situation. Finally, in the combined dimension (both objective and subjective dimensions), region 2 is in a tolerable state, region 3 is in the middle state and other regions (8 regions) are in an unfavorable state. Therefore, the results show that all urban areas of Tabriz need special attention of urban managers.

"Urban space production is a complex and multidimensional issue in which space is considered both a social product and a political agent. In this research, the relationship between space and power in a specific city has been examined using Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which is a sociological approach to analyzing the relationships between human and non-human actors. The main objective of this research is to identify and analyze the power networks (actors) involved in the production of urban spaces. The research method is a case study, and the case under study is Abbasabad lands in Tehran, which is one of the largest urban development projects in Iran. The research data has been collected through semi-structured interviews and field observations, and they have been analyzed using a descriptive-analytical approach."The results indicate that in the Abbasabad zone, the government and its affiliated organizations have formed power networks using their political and economic influence, depriving other actors of participating in space production. It has also been revealed that the network of actors and power in this area is not in line with the needs and desires of the citizens, and even the role of experts and the private sector in space production has been influenced by political factors.

The rapid pace of change in cities has led to disparities in social, economic, managerial, and spatial structures, which are evident in public spaces. These public spaces serve as an indication of a city's biodiversity, and developing sustainable public realms is crucial in addressing urban challenges. This study aims to explore Talebov's utopian perspective on community-oriented public spaces and compare it with the viewpoints of sociology and urban experts to devise an effective strategy for sustainable public spaces. The study utilizes a descriptive-analytical methodology with a qualitative approach, focusing on fundamental research goals and employing a post-exploratory strategy within the explanatory paradigm. Data collection was conducted in a library and analyzed using Atlas software. The findings revealed similarities between Talebov's idealist approach and the realist theories in terms of management, social dynamics, and economic aspects. However, Talebov specifically emphasizes the visual dimension and places importance on aesthetic values. According to Talebov's theory, religion can be one of the primary philosophies underlying the stability of a country or a city; other theories have only suggested the existence of this element. Based on Talebov and other theorists, if these five dimensions are applied harmoniously in public spaces, it will result in their sustainability, which is where today's cities progress and improve.

Urban spaces cannot be considered only as a natural structure in the framework of the historical growth and development of cities. Rather, these spaces are always organized and reproduced through various factors such as capital, politics, ideology and society. This is despite the fact that today, due to the dominance of capital-oriented policies on urban spaces, the social dimensions of space production have been neglected. In such a city, the rights of citizens in influencing the spaces of daily life have been marginalized. In contrast to this common thinking, critical urban theories have been formed based on the fundamental criticism of these approaches and the disclosure of the main factors that exclude citizens from urban spaces. Therefore, this article, with a fundamental approach and by adopting a descriptive-analytical method and by using qualitative and critical analyzes based on critical urban theories, by explaining the spatial dialectic in relation to the effects of politics, capital and society in the production of space, tries to reveal the roots of the deprivation of the contemporary urban society. By applying the concept of the right to the city, we argue that strategies based on the social will of city residents can be presented against these attitudes governing the urban space, and we also believe that urban praxis as a social action will play an effective role in the urban space by responding to the demands of an urban society in order to achieve the social benefits of citizens.

The aim of the research was to"analyze the relationship between residence, network social capital and social damages" which was carried out among young people aged18-29in Khazane neighborhood of Tehran.The theoretical framework was formed by combining the theories of Coleman, Putnam, Bourdieu, Lin, Fukuyama,Sutherland and Newman.The survey method, researcher-made questionnaire technique, was the statistical population of all young people(18-29 years old),which was extracted from the last census of 2015 of Iran Statistics Center.The sample size was determined based on Cochran's formula (384). Stratified sampling was based on sex.The study unit was a young boy or girl living in Khazaneh neighborhood. For reliability, a sample of30 questionnaires was implemented among the community and its Cronbach's alpha value was higher than0.70.Hypotheses were tested using path analysis using LESREL 8.8 software and mean comparison test and variance analysis using spss26 software.The results of the path analysis test showed that the structure of the place of residence in the dimension of physical, educational and health environment and the structure of the place of residence in the dimension of spending leisure time and comfort facilities have a significant relationship with network social capital, and with a probability of 99%, the structure of network social capital with damage There is a significant social relationship among young people living in Khazaneh neighborhood of Tehran.The results of the analysis of variance also confirmed the relationship between the number of years of living in the place,the area of the residential house,the number of rooms,educational-health and welfare facilities with social damages.