Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran. , babayi.milad72@gmail.com
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Objective: Housing occupies a very large part of urban uses and plays an important role in the urban environment; Therefore, considering the extensive effects of housing on the urban environment, the housing sector plays a very important role in achieving the goals of sustainable development and urban social stability. The purpose of this research is to investigate and measure the social sustainability of urban housing in the informal settlements of Lowshan city in Guilan province. Method: According to the presented purpose, this research is of the type of applied research and also according to its nature and method, it is of descriptive and analytical type. In order to collect information, two library and field methods have been used. The statistical population in this research includes all citizens living in the study area (people living in informal settlements of Zorabad neighborhood) of Lowshan city, so the sample size is 44 people based on the standard table of Karjesi and Morgan, which was done as a whole. Next, the collected data was analyzed using SPSS software and Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression statistical tests. Results: The results showed that the correlation of social sustainability with all its components at the confidence level of 95% and the error rate of 0/05, all have positive correlation. Among the 6 components of social sustainability, the economic, environmental, and movement and access components have had a direct and meaningful relationship with social sustainability, and it can be said that these three components have an effect on social sustainability. Meanwhile, among the components of social stability, the movement and access component has the strongest relationship with a correlation of 0/646, and the physical component has the weakest correlation with a correlation of 0/154. Conclusions: The results showed that the informal settlements of Lowshan lack social sustainability; In other words, its level of social sustainability is at its lowest.
Babaei Eliasi M, Salkhouri Ghiathvand N, Mohammadpour S, Bahrani M. (2025). Investigating and measuring the social sustainability of urban housing in informal settlements; case study: Lowshan city, Guilan province. JHRE. 44(189), 17-30. doi:https://doi.org/10.22034/44.189.17 URL: http://jhre.ir/article-1-2563-en.html