security is one of the most important human needs. researchers believe that the need for security has a strong and close relationship with the physical characteristics of the environment and people’s satisfaction. to study the relationship between security and environmental (physical and social) satisfaction, ‘’cpted’’ approach and its principals in design and environmental planning and urban l...

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the link between rail and road traffic noise and overall life satisfaction. While the negative relationship between residential satisfaction and traffic noise is relatively well-established, much less is known about the effect of traffic noise on overall life satisfaction. Based on results of previous studies, we propose a model that links object...

decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of kerman. this article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (req), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces....

decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of kerman. this article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (req), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces....

Residential satisfaction is a significant topic in environmental psychology yet there is little research on residential satisfaction among elders. This research aims to identify the cognitive structure of residential satisfaction of elderly persons living in their own dwellings and to identify demographic and psychological variables related to this residential satisfaction. One hundred and thre...

For the purpose of comparative analysis, this study adopted the point of view of the consumer to verify consumer experience in terms of a satisfaction scale that was based on the concept of consumer experience when commissioning contractors to work on, or designers to design, residential refurbishment. The results indicated that the overall fitness indicator for the satisfaction scale of consum...

deteriorated urban textures are areas of a city isolated from developmental life cycle. they have turned into the focus of problems and inefficiencies. the evaluation of renewal actions claims to promote residents’ satisfaction in some cases. at the same time of improving objective and economic quality of life, there are claims regarding the lack of any improvements in their subjective quality ...

Nonresident African American (AA) fathers sometimes face challenges to achieving satisfaction with their parenting skills, which may inhibit their motivations for parenting. Studies have found that residential history of fathers is associated with parental involvement; however, current fatherhood programs rarely consider the influence of different residential history on fathering. In the curren...

This research used neural networks to develop a decision support system, and model the relationship between one’s living environment and residential satisfaction. Residential satisfaction was investigated at two affordable housing multifamily rental properties located in Atlanta, Georgia. The neural network was trained using data from Defoors Ferry Manor and the network was validated using data...