%0 Journal Article %A khorshidian, elnaz %A mohammadnia gharaee, fatemeh %A ostadi, maryam %T Identifying the Needs of Youth in Establishing Social Interactions in the Context of Temporary Landscape of Mashhad City, Iran, Based on the Grounded Theory %J Geographical Researches %V 34 %N 2 %U http://georesearch.ir/article-1-545-en.html %R 10.29252/geores.34.2.165 %D 2019 %K Youth, Social interactions, Temporary landscape, Grounded Theory, %X Aims & Backgrounds: With the development of technology, time has become more limited to the presence in urban spaces and the experience of spaces and visual relations. In this regard, in the process of fitting the urban environment, it is necessary to create spaces not only in accordance with the needs of today, but also the qualities beyond the obvious qualities of space. In these spaces, we must try to create close communication and encouraging people to more presence in communal spaces. The aim of this research was to identify the needs of youth in establishing social interactions in the context of temporary landscape of Mashhad city, Iran, based on the grounded theory. Methodology: This qualitative research was carried out on the youth community of Mashhad city in the age range of 20-30 in 2017. The interviews were conducted on the Janbaz, Sajjad, Koohsangi, and Ahmad-Abad streets of Mashhad city. The views of the interviewees followed theoretical saturation from the 44th interview. Findings: After the initial stages, coding of sentences and clauses was performed and they categorized in 3 levels of casual, basic, and intermediate conditions. Conclusion: The Willingness to participate, right to choose, freedom of action, presence in the happy urban spaces, feeling of belonging and attachment, preservation of indigenous traditions are identified as the needs of youth in establishing social interactions. %> http://georesearch.ir/article-1-545-en.pdf %P 165-174 %& 165 %! %9 Original Research %L A-10-518-1 %+ Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran %G eng %@ 1019-7052 %[ 2019