J MS 10.34785/J011.2021.840 http://Urbstudies.uok.ac.ir Motaleate Shahri, 2021, 10 (38), 17-30 Explaining the role of neighborhood social status in the tendency to its regeneration by applying the structural equation model (Case Study: city of Arak) Fatemeh Esmaeilpoor - Department of Geography, Faculty of Human Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. Mohammad Hossein Sarai 1 - Department of Geography, Faculty of Human Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. Najma Esmaeilpoor - Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. Received: 30 June 2020 Accepted: 11 October 2020 Highlights — The prestige and identity of the middle tissues of Arak has been effective in the cost of land and has resulted in the destruction of usable residential units. — Contrary to Bergess’s theory - which describes the central fabric as a fabric with depressing neighborhoods with a sad and sometimes ruined appearance and the habitat of immigrants and low-income cities - the high price of land and the proftability of investing in the central fabric of Arak make it attractive. And has become the residence of the upper social and economic classes. Extended abstract Introduction Throughout history and all around the world, the living spaces of different classes in cities have been segregated given their socio-economic conditions. The central fabric of the city of Arak, Iran is characterized by the highest housing and land prices, and many citizens wish to live there. The high price of land in this area has led to a high demand for housing. As a result, many of the buildings are demolished and converted into new, multi-story condominiums although usable by the owners and builders. Problems have arisen currently, and inappropriate prospects are expected for the future due to the replacement of single-family houses with multi-family apartment buildings without other residential needs considered, such as transportation, provision of health services, education, open and public green spaces, and parking spaces. The purpose of this article is to provide a structural modeling of the reasons for the above tendency and for the high prices of land in this fabric and of the impact of social status in the neighborhoods on regeneration. Theoretical Framework The urban ecology perspective distinguishes cities from three aspects of household: socio-economic, family, and ethno-racial. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the socio-economic status of high social classes on the high prices of land in the central fabric of Arak and its impact on the regeneration of the central city neighborhoods. Just as the lower classes and ethno-racial groups regard segregation as a way of uniting and preserving their identity, the upper classes try to maintain their residential territory in terms of habits and behaviors by segregating prestigious neighborhoods. Dignity or prestige results from approval by others. Therefore, social class can be defned as a group 1 Responsible author: msaraei@yazd.ac.ir doi