Abstract

Extended abstract

Background and purpose

In today's urban world, children are increasingly exposed to stressful factors that can negatively affect their mental health and well-being, thus creating child-friendly cities that prioritize children's needs is a vital aspect in planning and Urban design has become one of the approaches that has attracted considerable attention to include urban green spaces such as parks and playgrounds to help children's mental health. The purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of urban green spaces on the mental health and well-being of children in the framework of the child-friendly city approach.

Methodology

This research has been done with a developmental-applicative purpose, and first, by using library and document studies, information about the impact of urban green spaces on children's mental health was collected. Then appropriate questionnaires were designed and distributed and 379 people were selected as a sample using Cochran's sampling method. In the next step, the collected data were analyzed and in order to achieve the goal of the research, one-sample T-test and step-by-step regression were used. And by using the TOPSIS method and SPSS software, the impact of urban green spaces on the mental health of children in the four and five districts of Karaj has been investigated.

Findings and Conclusion

The obtained results show that urban green spaces can significantly improve children's mental health because the emphasis is on the direct relationship between green spaces and children's mental health in dense cities, as a new and rare issue in environmental psychology research. The results of the research data analysis show that the most important factors affecting children's mental health are access, sense of place, participation, variety and variety, social interactions, liveliness, use, security, and pause and creative spaces. Also, the result of the T test showed that the average indicators in region five are better than region four. The indicators of permeability, legibility, memorability, social trust, materials, vegetation, pause spaces, recreational and educational uses, social and physical security, and dynamism and flexibility are in a favorable condition in the fifth region, but the importance of these indicators is very high in the fourth region. is less In the regression analysis related to region four, the selected model with the adjusted coefficient of determination, 0.167, has the highest adjusted coefficient of determination among the other models presented in the analysis and is selected as the final model of the analysis. In the fifth region, the selected model has an adjusted coefficient of determination of 0.544, which is the highest value among other models and is selected as the final model. Finally, using the TOPSIS multi-indicator decision-making model, according to the results obtained in The software and investigations have been carried out that the distance from the ideal solution in area five is 0.01 and the distance from the non-ideal solution is 1.6 and finally the relative proximity of this area to the ideal solution is 0.99, area five compared to area four From the point of view of children aged 6 to 14 years, as a selected area and due to the presence of urban parks, it was ranked first in the research. Emphasizing the point that children, as the future of society, need special support and attention to their mental health. Innovative studies in this field can help improve children's mental health conditions and, as a result, improve society. The studies carried out in connection with this issue have been discussed in the fields of medicine and psychology, and this important and important issue has rarely been used in the areas of urban planning.

Key words:

urban green space, child, mental health, child-friendly city, TOPSIS