Abstract:
Quality of life is a noticeable concept in urban areas. Indeed, assessing the QOL in different social setting can be used as an environmental quality diagnosis of previous policy strategies while it is a required foundation for drafting future spatial and urban planning policies. With the growth of urban population, changes in the work and life pattern, the need for recreation and leisure has gained a further necessity for the urbanites and has turned to one of their major needs. Creating such centers as third places
- away from work and life- foster communication and interaction among the people. Oldenburg defined the third place as a location outside of home or work that supports social interaction and emotional support, regardless of levels and social classes, ethnic and racial differences. This study has investigated the relationship between QOL in different social setting and people identification of third place, for spending leisure time. In this research, Tabriz, has been chosen as a sample of this study. Cochran’s formula was used to determine sampling volume while questionnaires were distributed among citizens; after that the required data has been collected and analyzed via SPSS software. The research findings show that: In three districts, four dimensions of subjective and three dimensions of objective QOL are identified and the results show that the respondents’ different levels of education, income, occupation status, etc. are important factors that influence people’s attitudes towards quality of life. In the other way, social classes significantly affect the quality of leisure time; The amount of income and culture area are strong predicting factors which are affecting the choice of third places for spending leisure time.
Machine summary:
This study has investigated the relationship between QOL in different social setting and people identification of third place, for spending leisure time.
QOL, Leisure Time, Third Place, Social Class, Tabriz City <H2>INTRODUCTION</H2> Researchers from various disciplines have studied QOL since 1930s.
With a brief glance at different areas of the city, it can be said that extreme inequalities and disparities between social classes (economic, social and cultural inequalities) in different districts have a significant influence on the quality of life and the places defined for the people to spend their leisure times in.
Also, leisure settings, such as clubs, cafe´s, and support groups involving workshops and social activities, have been examined as third places in the leisure literature (Glover &amp; Parry, 2009; Mair, 2009; Glover et al.
e. perspective, novelty) that home and work life simply cannot and found that third places foster social connections and novel entertainment (Glover &amp; Parry, 2009; Mair, 2009; Jeffres et al.
Total Variance Explained )View the image of this page( One of the goals of the present study is to identify the places and activities that people prefer for spending leisure time and its relationship with QOL.
Although based on the results obtained, residents of the other two areas under investigation (Roshdiyeh and Maghsodiyeh Districts) also prefer both intra and extra-regional spaces for spending their leisure time; however, in people’s opinion, the quality of the public spaces (Third places) in these areas is desirable, so people willingly choose these spaces.