Socio-cultural impact assessment of establishing Marvdasht sports complex (Tehran municipal region7)
Subject Areas :Khalil Mirzaei 1 , Marjan Pakdaman 2 , Farzad Abbasi 3 , neda Azimi 4
1 - Ph.D. in Sociology, Associate Professor in Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch
2 - M.A in Social Science Research
3 - cultural Management
4 - Ph.D in Cultural Sociology
Keywords: social impacts, cultural impacts, sports complex, Marvdasht, Tehran municipal region 7,
Abstract :
The present study seeks to respond to Qasr-Heshmatieh neighborhood residents’ needs regarding sports facilities. Some of the most important goals of this project include impacts such as direct and indirect empowering and informing the residents on health issues, providing access to sports facilities, establishing public spaces and increasing social interactions in those spaces, increasing perceived safety and health for the residents of Qasr-Heshmatieh neighborhood due to the existence of a safe place for doing sports, improving residents’ physical health due to easier accessibility to sports facilities and equipment compared to the past, increasing the visits from other parts of the region to use the facilities and building new interaction, etc. The present study is descriptive in terms of process and applied in terms of the research objective. Documentary and field study were also used for data collection. However, it must be mentioned that the present study can also be categorized among assessment studies. The establishment of Marvdasht sports complex in Tehran municipal region 7 has both positive and negative impacts. The positive impacts include increasing social relations, social capital, safety for women, health, participation in sports activities, reducing addiction rate, change in the lifestyle, employment, creation of new jobs, revenue gain for the municipality, and reducing noise from teenagers and the youth, while negative impacts include environmental pollution, increased traffic, parking space shortage, and congestion and crowdedness in the neighborhood.