Investigating the effects of urban vandalism (Case study: Chenaran city, Khorasan Razavi province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Saeid Arefpoor ¹
• Gholamreza Miri ²
• Mahmoodreza Anvari ³

¹ PhD Student, Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

² Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.

³ Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran

10.30495/jupm.2022.28368.3924

Abstract

Vandalism or deliberate destruction of public property and belongings is one of the social dangers that always causes great damage to the facades, furniture and urban spaces and distorts the beauty of the city. In this regard; The present study investigates the danger of vandalism and its effects on urban beauty in the city of Chenaran. The purpose of the present research in terms of purpose; In terms of application and implementation; It is of a small type. The data of the field section of the research were collected using the distribution of a researcher-made questionnaire among the citizens of Chenaran. The mentioned questionnaire was prepared using Likert scale and was distributed among a sample of 382 people (according to Cochran's formula) from the citizens of Chenaran city. The volume members of the sample were selected by stratified random sampling method. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis model were used to analyze the data in SPSS software. Findings have shown that the variables of socio-economic status, feelings of abuse and discrimination, companionship and communication, degree of socialization, individual factors, cultural factors, marginalization, poverty, addiction, broken window, anonymity and unfair distribution Urban services affect the variable of urban vandalism. Also, multivariate regression results showed that in the present study, 66.5% of the changes in vandalism rate are due to the relationship between a linear combination of independent variables and the remaining 33.5% or indeterminacy coefficient is due to other factors in This research has not been considered. Finally, according to the model fit table in logistic regression; Socioeconomic status variables, individual factors, poverty and broken window were excluded from the research model due to EXP (B) less than 1.
 
Extended Abstract
Introduction
Vandalism or deliberate destruction of public property and belongings is one of the social dangers that always causes great damage to the facades, furniture and urban spaces and distorts the beauty of the city. In this regard; The present study investigates the risk of vandalism and its effects on urban beauty in the city of Chenaran.
 
Methodology
This research is of applied type and of quantity type. Data from the field research section were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed among a sample of 382 citizens of Chenaran. The sample size members were selected by stratified random sampling method. Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis and logistics model were used to analyze the data in SPSS software.
 
Discussions and Findings
The results showed that the variables of feelings of abuse and discrimination, companionship and, level of socialization, cultural factors, marginalization, addiction, anonymity and unfair distribution of urban services are effective on the variable of urban vandalism. It is suggested in this regard; Provide the necessary cultural education in schools and mass media to create more belonging and commitment (internal sociability) in relation to the public belongings and the beauty of the city and society. Urban services should be distributed fairly in different areas and neighborhoods of the city, especially in the suburbs, to reduce the feeling of injustice and discrimination to some extent.
 
 Conclusion
 The result is that vandalism destroys the appearance of cities and distorts the beauty of facades, furniture and urban spaces. Vandalism reduces the quality of urban life by destroying facades, furniture and urban spaces, and by increasing aggression and violence in cities, it not only affects the decline of work and public use of recreational places, but also increases the feeling of fear, unrest and abnormality.

Keywords

• Vandalism
• urban beauty
• View
• furniture
• space

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