The Impact of Urban Elements on Creating a Sense of Social Solidarity

Abstract

With regard to the interaction of environment and human, meaning transition occurs in a two-way relationship. Since correlation is a social issue which a number of people involved in that and it occurs within location, an effective relationship can be observed between the environment and social solidarity. This means that social solidarity can lead to the creation of places that are rooted in the social belief of people. Conversely, a place with these features can create a sense of social solidarity. This study investigates the impact of urban elements on social solidarity in a communicative process. Initially, the impact of urban symbols on memorabilia, then the relationship between memorabilia and identity and finally on the relationship between identity and social solidarity are studied. Therefore, through the existence of significant relationship among these elements, it can be proved that the urban elements can be effective in creating a sense of social solidarity. In this way, the descriptive and analytical method and library studies other sources are used to collect data.