Factors affecting young adults’ use of urban public spaces

Zareian, Maryam; Razi, Vida

doi:10.22054/qjss.2025.81487.2823

Factors affecting young adults’ use of urban public spaces

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Maryam Zareian ¹

vida razi ²

¹ Faculty Member and Head of the Social Department of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

² Researcher in the Social Department of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2025.81487.2823

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to find out how young adults use urban public spaces in order to identify the factors that reduce the presence of young adults in the public arena of the city. hence, 600 young adults aged 18-25 in Tehran were studied as a statistical sample based on multi-stage cluster sampling. The required information was collected by field study and survey methods and using interviews and questionnaires. Data analysis was done using Statistical methods. The results show that the social spaces of the city has a positive and significant effect on the style of spending leisure time of the young aduts, and parks and coffee shops are among the preferred public places of the young adults. Also, men use public spaces more than women, and most of the young adults who use public spaces are single people. Also, four variables of social order, physical order, sense of security and demographic variables such as age, gender and education have a significant relationship with the amount of use of public spaces.

Keywords

public spaces

young adults

leisure time

urban development

Tehran

Subjects

Social Planning

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