RT - Journal Article T1 - Assessment of individual variables which influence the citizens’ satisfaction of quality of living environment(Case Study: Comparison of business and historical centers in Isfahan and Tabriz metropolises) JF - geospace YR - 2018 JO - geospace VO - 17 IS - 60 UR - http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-714-en.html SP - 287 EP - 304 K1 - Quality of living environment K1 - Satisfaction K1 - Business and historical center K1 - Individual variables K1 - Isfahan and Tabriz metropolises. AB - The objective of this study is to evaluate citizens’ satisfaction of the quality of living environment in business and historical centers of metropolises from their view, sampling from Isfahan and Tabriz metropolises, to explain the effective factors on quality of life scientifically and professionally. Accordingly, regarding to the theoretical literature related to quality of environment, conceptual framework consisting of sixteen factors, has been done to review the editing and foundations of the research have been analyzed. Type of study, is applied and developmental in terms of objective of research and is descriptive–analytical in terms of method approach. Features such as age, gender, educational level, economic satisfaction and health status are identified as individual and independent variables in order to analysis satisfaction of quality of living environment and each of the sixteen factors are as dependent variables. The sample size using Cochran's formula considering the maximum heterogeneity hypothesis stating for both desired areas was calculated 768 people. In order to analyze data statistical methods such as frequency distribution, single sample T-test, Spearman, Phi and Cramer correlation coefficient were used, and for doing all of this statistical calculation the SPSS software was used. The results show which citizens’ satisfaction of their quality of environment is undesirable. For the single sample T-test, in both studied areas, the difference is in a way that is possible to ignore the calculated value difference (0/01).Nevertheless, considering the relative geographical and cultural differences between residents of Isfahan and Tabriz metropolises, there are individual differences related to social and economic attributes. The study results showed which the gender variable and financial satisfaction of business and historical centers’ residents affects their perception of their living environment. The influence of educational level on perception of the environment is approved only in Tabriz metropolis. LA eng UL http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-714-en.html M3 ER -