Religious-cultural places as a third place: explaining the role of mosques in the social sustainability of Khorramabad city

Dolatyariyan, Kamran; Yazdani, Mohammad Hasan; Gaffari Ghilandeh, Ata; Nazmfar, Hossein

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Dolatyariyan K, Yazdani M H, Gaffari Ghilandeh A, Nazmfar H. Religious-cultural places as a third place: explaining the role of mosques in the social sustainability of Khorramabad city. MJSP 2023; 27 (4) :103-130
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Religious-cultural places as a third place: explaining the role of mosques in the social sustainability of Khorramabad city

Kamran Dolatyariyan

¹, Mohammad Hasan Yazdani²

, Ata Gaffari Ghilandeh²

, Hossein Nazmfar²

1- , Kamran.Dolatyari@uma.ac.ir
2- Member of the academic staff of Mohaghegh Ardabili University

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Mosques, as a third place, have had various functions since the beginning of Islam until today. Apart from prayers and rituality, these religious and cultural places have always played a significant role in socio-cultural affairs and strengthening high human ideals. The purpose of the current research is to explain the role of mosques as a third place in the social sustainability of Khorramabad city. The research method is descriptive-analytical and survey type. The statistical sample of the research includes 150 citizens of Khorramabad city, who were surveyed in a simple random way using Sample Power software. SPSS26 and AMOS24 software were applied for data analysis. The results of the single-sample T-test of the research showed that mosques with an average of 2.92 have an inconsiderable role in the social stability of Khorramabad city. Also, the results of the second-order factor model of the research showed that among the studied dimensions, the political-cultural dimension with a load factor of 0.98 has the most impact and the social and economic dimension with a load factor of 0.42 has the least impact in Khorramabad city. Finally, the results of the analysis of the course of the structural model of the research showed that achieving social sustainability through mosques in Khorramabad city by improving the effective indicators in the six dimensions of social capital, social interactions and increasing the sense of bonding, free exchanging the opinions and votes, strengthening social solidarity and strengthening morale. With weighted covariance of 0.49, 0.48, 0.47, 0.42, 0.32 and 0.19 is conceivable.

Keywords: mosque, third place, public spaces, social sustainability, Khorramabad city.

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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: civil planning
Received: 2024/06/16 | Accepted: 2024/07/17 | Published: 2023/12/22

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