Measuring the Public Awareness of Residents about the Civil Rights and Regulations Case study: Ameri District in Ahvaz city

Abstract

Raising public awareness of the residents of a city about the civil rights and regulations is the main important factors which should be considered for achieving a sustainable and desirable city. Citizens' awareness allows them to enjoy the rights which society has considered for them. civil laws and regulations can be regarded as one of the main connecting points between the urban management and citizens . In a better word, the main actors of urban management in the light of urban rules and regulations, while defining duty for themselves and other Users can participate citizens in managing the civil affairs. This study aims to understand the knowledge of Ameri's residents about the urban rights and regulations which based on the research data, the awareness level of people among the residents were described. This research is a descriptive analytical study which was done by using SPSS software and a sample of 370 people among neighborhood residents was selected and the level of knowledge was evaluated. Results indicated that the public awareness about the rights and laws of the local residents were low. On the other hand, the index had a significant correlation with genderr and job activities and level of education and age of the residents of these indicators has no effect on this index.

Keywords

• public awareness
• civil rights and regulations
• sustainable city
• ahvaz
• ameri district