The Effects of Socially and Culturally Sustainable Urban Development on Residential Location Choice in Iran

The Effects of Socially and Culturally Sustainable Urban Development on Residential Location Choice in Iran

The main aim of this research is the recognition of social and cultural sustainable urban development on citizenship culture for achieving an analytic theoretical model for selection evaluation of residential location concerning the citizens. The sociological theory framework includes: Bourdieuʹs cognitive background and subjective structure, Elsterʹs rational choice theory, and Duhlʹs urban need assessment theory (Duhl, 1985). In this research, the main causes affecting evaluation of behavior, action and citizenship culture and residential location choice of Tehran citizens were analyzed. The method is a survey, using questionnaires for gathering information. The sample included 384 citizens who reside in Tehran urban districts 6 (Yousefabad), 8 (Narmak), and 21 (Tehransar) which were chosen by simple random sampling classified in the year 2008. The findings indicated a linear direct model statistical relationship between Social and cultural sustainable urban development and residential location choice.