Ranking the Impact of Home Businesses on the International Components and Indicators of the Social Dimension of Sustainable Urban Development

Ahmadi, Erfaneh Sadat; Taghipour, Azin; Dashtaki, Najmeh; Darvishzadeh, Pegah

Ranking the Impact of Home Businesses on the International Components and Indicators of the Social Dimension of Sustainable Urban Development

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

E. S. ahmadi ¹

A. Taghipour ²

N. Dashtaki ³

P. Darvishzadeh ⁴

¹ Postgraduate student of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran

² Assistant Professor, Department of General Psychology-Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University,

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Soore University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Instructor of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Payam Noor University Lavasan Branch. Iran

Abstract

Aims: Home businesses have a historical background. With the advent of the virtual space, many people have started to create a business in their home environment for various reasons. This change has had many visible and invisible effects not only in the home and family, but also in the city. The upcoming research is focused on determining the ranking of the components and social dimensions of sustainable development under the influence of home businesses in order to determine their priority.

Methods: Descriptive-analytical research method with quantitative method and qualitative results and the results are based on the opinions of 35 experts based on the results of a specialized questionnaire. In conclusion, the 25 components and 9 indicators of the social subcategory of sustainable urban development based on the 2030 sustainable development document, using a structured questionnaire and its analysis with EXCEL and SPSS software, tries to make changes related to division and prioritization.

findings: The components “Social Empowerment, literacy , Quality Education , Social Responsibilities , Manpower Development, Social Confidence, Amount of Crimes, Neighborhood Development, Social Streaming” and the indicators “Education, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Social Security , Social Capital” are heavily influenced by home businesses .

Conclusion: The main results showed that home businesses, both online and offline, directly and indirectly have a significant impact on the social dimension of sustainable urban social development, And it is suggested to planning for sustainability goals of countries.

Keywords

Home Businesses

Online Business

sustainable urban development

Social Dimension

Ranking

Subjects

Culture and Identity in the City

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