Identifying and Explaining the Components Influencing the Quality of Environmental Perception in Residential Complexes (High-Rise Building)

Abstract

Citizens' dissatisfaction has been generated by the reduction in the quality of residential settings as a result of cities' fast expansion and development, which has led to issues such as mental depression and different types of urban unrest and damage. In such conditions, several architectural and urban planning thinkers and theorists have recommended "enhancing the quality of the living environment" as a means of reaching the aim of "environmental perception." The approach's major goals are divided into two categories: improving the physical state of the living environment and enhancing residents' mental perceptions of the quality of their living environment. This is accomplished by attempting to generate favorable physical/environmental circumstances as well as a positive assessment of the environment's objective and observable elements. To achieve this, it is necessary to identify the variables and components that affect the quality of the living environment, as well as to measure the level of residents' perception of each component, to develop appropriate strategies if there is a clear difference between the measured and desired situations, so as to enhance and improve the quality components. Thus, the current study attempted to provide a model using a descriptive - analytical method by examining various theories and experiences in the field of quality, so that it can be used in Shiraz city's environmentally and socially for evaluating the perception of residential environment and to take action on the specified goals. Once the primary factors, which include physical, functional-functional, and social variables, have been identified, the factors impacting perception of the environment were then assessed using the field survey and questionnaire, with the spatial physical variable receiving the highest score. In this respect, the enhancement of urban life and the inhabitants' perceptions of the environment in their region pave the way for the eradication of many social issues that is now influencing residential environments.