Evaluation of neighborhood center attributes on resident's territoriality and sense of belonging a case study in Boshrooyeh, Iran

Hierarchical regularity is achieved with intelligible definition of the public and private realms. Territoriality understood as a spatial strategy includes the point where physical attributes and clear boundaries are intertwined with the people belonging to the place. For this purpose, effective domains of the territoriality have been analyzed, each in term of distinct aspects of the physical attributes of neighborhood center through survey. Surveys were conducted with 174 participants in the Miandeh Neighborhood Center of Boshrooyeh city in Iran. Analysis revealed that the arrangement of houses, indicators buildings, and short walking distance as the characteristics of space hierarchy encourages a feeling of defense. The paper concludes by establishing that the traditional neighborhood center design has a significant contribution to the sense of territoriality, therefore it should be considered in the design of urban spaces. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.