Type | Journal Article - World Applied Programming |
Title | The Role of Mosques as Centers of Giving Identity in the Neighborhoods of Tehran City: A Case Study of Ahmadieh Mosque in Narmak Neighborhood, Iran |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 11 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2014 |
Page numbers | 224-229 |
URL | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.672.3831&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
Abstract | In contemporary cities, revitalizing the concept of neighborhood is very important because of the human life`s condition. The topics which are referred as the features of big cities are; human`s loneliness, weakening sense of home, reduced social interactions, isolationism, weakening attachment to the place and others like these which revitalizing neighborhood concept can be effective in moderating or eliminating them. The mosque element has been the consistent and central element in the neighborhoods of Iranian cities from the oldest times. Mosques as the most outstanding architectural elements emanated from the religion of Islam has always been with the society from the first times of civic participation of Islam and has a brilliant history of different performance and impact on the socio-economic and physical structures of society. This article has evaluated the role of Ahmadieh mosque of Narmak neighborhood in creating and strengthening urban identity in this neighborhood; With a hybrid approach combining qualitative and quantitative approaches using tools such as questionnaires and observation, case study, and the results of Hypothesis tests shows that there is a significant correlation between the socio-cultural actions and social cohesion in the neighborhood, also The physical features of the mosque has led to strengthening the place interest in the neighborhood. |
» | Iran, Islamic Rep. - Population and Housing Census 2011 |