Subjective Quality of Life; Assessment of Residents of Informal Settlements in Iran (A Case Study of Hesar Imam Khomeini, Hamedan)

Zakerhaghighi, Kianoosh; Khanian, Mojtaba; Gheitarani, Nima

doi:10.1007/s11482-014-9320-8

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“…This may affect the extent to which the villagers are fully dependent on the urban environment, and villagers may find less attachment to the place to affect the quality of life in the town. Around the city of Hamedan are lush green gates, many of which are green areas for rural residents (Zakerhaghighi et al 2015). Such a situation may hamper the continued presence of rural migrants in the urban environment, as stated in interviews with rural migrants who prefer to spend weekends in gardens formerly part of their village.…”

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“Investigating the Mechanism of Place and Community Impact on Quality of Life of Rural-Urban Migrants”

Gheitarani

El-Sayed

Cloutier

et al. 2019

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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In this study, we explore how urban places and associated community affect one other as well as the quality of life of rural immigrants. The purpose of this study is to provide more accurate insight into the spatial and social factors affecting the quality of life of rural-urban migrants. Migration is closely linked to people's living conditions. Specifically, the feelings one has about the quality of their place and the society in which they live impacts decisions to stay or move from one place to another. If deciding to move, migration affects the quality of life through the migrants' sense of place and the new community they are relocating to. Our study was conducted in Hamedan, Iran-a place that experiences the migration of many different ethnicities given its central location in Hamadan province and the quality of life conditions in surrounding geographical locations. We surveyed 2735 citizens who had migrated to the city in the last 2 to 5 years. Our results indicate that place attachment and social capital, as variables that represent rural migrants' sense of place and urban community, are both related to the quality of life of migrants. Furthermore, social capital moderates place attachment and has a significant impact on subjective quality of life among rural-urban migrants. We suggest that high levels of social capital must be present to ensure a satisfactory subjective quality of life among rural-urban migrants.

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“Investigating the Mechanism of Place and Community Impact on Quality of Life of Rural-Urban Migrants”

Gheitarani

El-Sayed

Cloutier

et al. 2019

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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“…From a social-economic point of view, informal settlements combine elements of urban and rural communities and are often characterized by poverty and scarcity of services compared to formal urban settlements [6]. The conditions found in informal settlements are known to impact negatively on the quality of life of residents [78]. The physical environmentopen latrines, irregular building lines and uneven groundall make navigation difficult.…”

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The Social Network: How People with Visual Impairment use Mobile Phones in Kibera, Kenya

Barbareschi

Holloway

Arnold

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Living in an informal settlement with a visual impairment can be very challenging resulting in social exclusion. Mobile phones have been shown to be hugely beneficial to people with sight loss in formal and high-income settings. However, little is known about whether these results hold true for people with visual impairment (VIPs) in informal settlements. We present the findings of a case study of mobile technology use by VIPs in Kibera, an informal settlement in Nairobi. We used contextual interviews, ethnographic observations and a co-design workshop to explore how VIPs use mobile phones in their daily lives, and how this use influences the social infrastructure of VIPs. Our findings suggest that mobile technology supports and shapes the creation of social infrastructure. However, this is only made possible through the existing support networks of the VIPs, which are mediated through four types of interaction: direct, supported, dependent and restricted.

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“…These studies indicate that, even when access to a wheelchair is possible the majority of users still encounter countless problems due to sub-standard devices, lack of services and inaccessibility of the built environment. However, few studies have looked at the specific situation of informal settlements where the lack of space and infrastructure might present additional barriers, but the larger availability of services compared to rural communities and the more flexible social system could support people with mobility impairments [12,74,87].…”

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Bridging the Divide: Exploring the use of digital and physical technology to aid mobility impaired people living in an informal settlement

Barbareschi

Oldfrey²,

Long

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Living in informality is challenging. It is even harder when you have a mobility impairment. Traditional assistive products such as wheelchairs are essential to enable people to travel. Wheelchairs are considered a Human Right. However, they are difficult to access. On the other hand, mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous and are increasingly seen as an assistive technology. Should therefore a mobile phone be considered a Human Right? To help understand the role of the mobile phone in contrast of a more traditional assistive technology -the wheelchair, we conducted contextual interviews with eight mobility impaired people who live in Kibera, a large informal settlement in Nairobi. Our findings show mobile phones act as an accessibility bridge when physical accessibility becomes too challenging. We explore our findings from two perspective -human infrastructure and interdependence, contributing an understanding of the role supported interactions play in enabling both the wheelchair and the mobile phone to be used. This further demonstrates the critical nature of designing for context and understanding the social fabric that characterizes informal settlements. It is this social fabric which enables the technology to be useable.

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Subjective Quality of Life; Assessment of Residents of Informal Settlements in Iran (A Case Study of Hesar Imam Khomeini, Hamedan)

Cited by 21 publications

References 10 publications

“Investigating the Mechanism of Place and Community Impact on Quality of Life of Rural-Urban Migrants”

“Investigating the Mechanism of Place and Community Impact on Quality of Life of Rural-Urban Migrants”

The Social Network: How People with Visual Impairment use Mobile Phones in Kibera, Kenya

Bridging the Divide: Exploring the use of digital and physical technology to aid mobility impaired people living in an informal settlement

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