Assessment of Residential Satisfaction in Urban Neighbourhoods of Rasht, Iran

Living in desirable urban environments is considered as one of the most important influential variables of citizens’ welfare. To achieve this objective, planners, designers, and policymakers need to identify structures that provide a feeling of residential satisfaction for citizens. Therefore, this study focuses on indicators of the residential satisfaction of citizens. The research investigated the quality of the residential environment from the residents’ points of view in Rasht, Iran. This investigation has been carried out using a residential satisfaction approach by completing questionnaires in neighborhoods such as Moallem, Ziabari, Khorramshahr Boulevard, Volox, and Bahonar. Data analysis was measured by SPSS and statistical methods as Hierarchical Multivariate Regression (HMR), One-Sample T-Test, and Spearman correlation and its reliability was measured using Cronbach’s alpha. Based on the results, indicators of housing quality and environmental social features respectively are above average level of residents’ satisfaction and indicators of physical features, access, and public services of the environment, respectively, are below the average level of quality. Also, the obtained results indicated that environmental social features have paramount importance for residents and then indicators of physical features, access, public services and housing quality of the environment, respectively, are important to them. Meanwhile, the results showed a relatively strong and positive relationship between housing satisfaction and residential environmental satisfaction.