A Study on the Factors Influencing the Level of Security of Women in Neighborhood Environments (Case study: Shishega-rkhaneh Neighborhood, Urmia)

Document Type : Article extracted from the dissertation

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Payam Noor , Tehran, Iran

2 Master’s Degree, Department of Art and Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Payam Noor, Urmia, Iran

Abstract
Women are mostly more vulnerable in urban spaces, especially neighborhoods, for reasons including their intense experience of fear in life and the consequences of being in danger in such situations, as well as the gender discrimination that exists against them in society. This is while the carefree presence of the female population in the neighborhood space requires security control over the neighborhood space.
The purpose of the research is to examine the neighborhood's situation in terms of factors affecting the level of women's safety.
This research is fundamental-applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of the study included the residents of the Shishegar Khaneh neighborhood in Urmia city. Based on the Cochran relationship with a confidence level of 95% and an accuracy rate of 7%, the sample size was estimated to be 300 people.
The findings of the present study indicate that there is a simultaneous linear relationship. According to the beta coefficients, the highest level of impact on women's sense of security in the Shishegar Khaneh neighborhood of Urmia is the subjective light and brightness criterion of 0.532, and the lowest level of impact on women's sense of security in the Shishegar Khaneh neighborhood of Urmia city is the objective size criterion of 0.078.
 Urban authorities and administrators must pay special attention to the establishment of proper and appropriate lighting equipment in the neighborhood to provide lighting during dark hours.
 

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