ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY SIMULATION OF RASHT’S CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN ZONE USING THE SPACE SYNTAX METHOD

Abstract

In order to have the sufficient value and credibility, sustainability in city should involve social aspects as well. The concept of social sustainability is usually accompanied with qualitative aspects and is evaluated by concepts like human life and feeling of well-being. Social sustainability could eventually be considered as improvement of living conditions and the process by which societies reach the highest quality of social life. The main goal of this research is analyzing social sustainability of Rasht’s central pedestrian zone using space syntax method, in order to study the city’s configuration in terms of accessibility, security and readability. Space syntax includes using the variables obtained from the analysis of space configuration in understanding different geometrical elements patterns which have been created because of buildings and cities. The main purpose of space syntax is the relationship between human and the spaces in which he resides. This research is conducted using descriptive-analytical method and is based on data nature of the hybrid type. In the research’s theoretical framework, studies gathering tools have been used in library form, utilizing documents and field operations including survey and direct observation, and analytical and quantitative method has been used in studying spaces.