The Impacts of the Built Environment on Communities

Different scales of place attachment are essential in understanding social responses to climate change. In addition, individuals' social-psychological dependencies on the local environment influence their perceived resilience to the changing climatic conditions. Resilience capacities highly depend on place identities and the imaginaries that create them. The nature of the place is the basis of the response to disasters and the reconstruction efforts. Moreover, it displays the interconnections between place identity and resilience capacities. Moreover, place identity and place dependence are significant predictors of residents’ resilience.

Furthermore, sustainability, resilience, and place identity are the main characteristics of future post-pandemic cities. Place identity is essential to community adaptation to direct environmental changes (e.g., sea-level rise) and the indirect effects of policies to address those changes. Social resiliency and its policies can change the relationship between place and people, consequently incorporating people's desires. In addition, the greater the emphasis on place, the greater the social resilience and the fewer psychological disorders. Place attachment positively impacts social resilience and adaptive capacities. Therefore, place identity increases the sense of security, affects individuals' coping ability to adapt to natural hazards, and helps communities better prepare for future disruptions. Social trust and support and the emerging sense of community can also directly impact place identity (Sobhaninia et al., 2023).

Illustrative Publications

• Sobhaninia, S., M. Amirzadeh, M. Lauria, and A. Sharifi. “The relationship between place identity and community resilience: evidence from local communities in Isfahan, Iran” Vol. 90

• Sobhaninia, S., S. Buckman, and J. Schupbach (2023). “The need for creative placemaking in new development areas: An analysis of the new real estate development in Qom, Iran,” International Journal of Real Estate Studies, 17(1), 24-39. Retrieved from https://intrest.utm.my/index.php/intrest/article/view/244

• Buckman, S. and S. Sobhaninia (2022). “The impact of sea-level flooding on the  real estate development community in Charleston, SC: Results of a ULI member survey,” Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, Vol. 14(1): 4-20

• Sobhaninia, S. (2021). “Reviewing urban planning code of conducts and ethics,” Journal of Iranian Association of Urban Designers, Vol. 7. In Persian 

• Sobhaninia, S. (2021). “Analyzing the urban planning teaching methodology,” Journal of Iranian Association of Urban Designers, Vol. 6: 74-77, www.luda.org In Persian. 

• Sobhaninia, S. (2020). “Neighborhood perception among students and its impact on social cohesion in communities,” Journal of Iranian Association of Urban Designers, Vol. 4: 88-90. In Persian 

• Sobhaninia, S. (2020). “Comparing the quality of urban design in Vali Asr Street in the City of Qom in Iran to Scharlett Street in Greenville, SC, USA,” Journal of Iranian Association of Urban Designers, Vol. 3: 82-88. In Persian 

• Khaki, A., M. Omidvarian, S. Sobhaninia, G. Samani (2018). “Intervention preferences in the historical part of the City of Qom, focusing on cultural and tourism factors,” 8th Congress on Sustainable Development and Urban Revitalization, NCSDUS08, Vol. 8. In Persian 

• Omidvari, F., S. Sobhaninia, A. Hosseini (2016). “Analyzing the urban design quality in urban streets, case study: Yadegar Imam St., Tehran.” 4th International Congress on Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban Development at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Vol. 4, ISC Code 95160-70403, COI Code: ICSAU04_1893 In Persian