چكيده لاتين :
Introduction
The residential environment of individuals and the aesthetic, social, security and physicalspatial characteristics of residential neighborhoods can play a significant role in the level of
quality of physical activity-leisure residents. This is especially important in large cities with
diverse neighborhoods with distinctly different characteristics and socio-economic texture. The
purpose of this study was to investigate the residential environment of poor and wealthy
neighborhoods in Sari and the effect of the characteristics of the residential environment of
these two neighborhoods on the physical-leisure activities of residents.
Methodology
This research is a survey research which has been used to collect data using a questionnaire. The
method of analysis was descriptive-analytic and analyzed using SPSS, Friedman, Chi-Square,
Mann-Whitney, Cramér's V test and agreement coefficient. The sample size was 240, in which
170 questionnaires were distributed in Salman Farsi neighborhood and 70 questionnaires
distributed in Ghaffari neighborhood. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed and modified
by the comments of five urban experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated
using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.886. Indicators used in the research include
environmental aesthetics, environmental security, social environment and physical- space
environment, which are obtained using various sources and combination of indicators.
Results and Discussion
The present study was conducted with the aim of comparative evaluation of the role of the
habitat environment on the physical-leisure activities of residents in Salman Farsi and Ghaffari
residential areas of Sari. Accordingly, the results showed that in Salman-Farsi neighborhood,
security is the most important criteria for residents and after that, physical-spatial, aesthetic and
social criteria is effective, while in Ghafari neighborhood, social criteria are the most important
indicator for residents and then security criteria, Physical-space and aesthetic criteria had the
greatest impact on the physical-leisure activities of residents. Therefore, it seems that in the
Salman-Farsi province, the security measure was the most important factor for residents to be
safe in terms of security for women and children, lack of crime and conflict and conflict, safety
of car traffic, the presence of light and brightness in neighborhood and other security indicators
in the neighborhood feel more and less social standards indicate low support of families, friends
and neighbors in the physical-leisure activities of individuals and low level of physical-leisure
group activities in this neighborhood, but in the Ghaffari neighborhood, important being a social
criterion indicator low levels of physical activity-leisure activities and a low level of social
support for individuals in pursuit of physical-leisure activities. Therefore, low satisfaction from
these social characteristics has led to the selection of this criterion as the most important factor
in the pursuit of physical-leisure activities in the neighborhood but to be of minor importance.
The aesthetic criterion shows that the residents of the neighborhood are satisfied with the beauty
and appearance of the buildings, the presence of trees and their shadow, the lack of pollution,
the beauty of the relationship between the streets and other indices of beauty in the
neighborhood. Also, the results showed that residents of Salman-e Farsi, physically-leisure
activities are relatively large but in Ghaffari neighborhood, residents have relatively low
physical-leisure activity. Therefore, it seems that in the Salman-Fars province, the conditions for
aesthetics, security, social features, and physical-space measurements in the environment for
physical-leisure activities are largely provided for residents, and these factors are more
motivating for residents to perform activities Physical-leisure, but low quality of these factors in
Ghaffani neighborhood has less incentive for physical-leisure activities of residents. On the
other hand, based on the results, it was found that in the Salman-Fars province, physical-leisure
activity of men is higher than women, due to the high importance of security measures in the
neighborhood and possibly low satisfaction of residents by this criterion, which is one of the
indicators It is related to the security of women; it may be because of less physical activitywomen's leisure than men, but in the Ghaffari neighborhood, the physical-leisure activity of
women and men is almost equal. It was also found that there was no significant relationship
between car ownership and the physical activity-leisure levels of residents in these two
neighborhoods, which indicates that people may have a lot of physical-leisure activities despite
the presence of cars, and vice versa, they are not car owners but have low physical-leisure
activities. Therefore, other factors other than ownership of the car are involved in the physicalleisure activities of residents in these two neighborhoods. However, regarding the relationship
between type of housing and the amount of physical activity-leisure, it was found that there was
no significant relationship between these two variables in the Salman-Fars province, which
shows that people without housing, which may be villa or apartment, can Physical-leisure
activities are low or high, but in Ghaffari neighborhood, the results are different than the Salman
Persian district, so that it was found that there is a relatively significant relationship between the
two variables of the type of housing and the level of physical activity-leisure of the residents,
and the inhabitants of the apartment buildings , Physical activity-more leisure than residents of
the villa's homes They have a neighborhood.
Conclusion
According to the results of the study, raising the quality of security standards in the SalmanFarsi neighborhood could increase the physical activity of the residents and, in particular,
encourage more women to engage in such activities, and in the Ghaffari neighborhood, planning
should be carried out, especially in social interactions Residents are more likely to have a
physical activity in the neighborhood. Therefore, provision of appropriate physical-leisure
facilities in these neighborhoods with regard to the age and sexual conditions of individuals and
the development and improvement by planners can play an important role in improving the
quality of spending leisure time and, on the other hand, reducing health care costs and
improving the quality of life of citizens.
