The Study of Security Indicators in Urban Parks from User’s Point of View with Emphasis on CPTED Theory

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

jamalal-din mahdinejad ¹ (Associate Professor, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Teharan, Iran *(Corresponding Author))
soudabeh gholipour ² (Ph.D. Student, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2017-11-09 Accepted : 2018-09-18 Published : 2020-07-22

Keywords: Urban Park, Security, Satisfaction, CPTED theory, User,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Urban parks are considered as public spaces and the basic rights of citizens; paying attention to opinions and wishes of citizens is a necessity in their satisfaction of environmental factors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the security factor as one of the environmental quality factors from the user’s point of view in urban parks, which can guarantee the citizens' satisfaction in urban spaces using. Method: This study is an experimental research with functional goal and a survey method with gathering data by distributing questionnaire in urban parks. In this study security indicators are based on the CPTED theory. The number of statistical samples was 175 (users over 15 years old).Data analysis has been performed using SPSS and multiple regression analysis has been used to predict the contribution of each sub-indicators in security satisfaction. Findings: The results of the partial correlation test between the factors with considering other factors indicate a significant relationship between security and aesthetic factors, meaning and aggregation, and no significant relationship between security and structural and physical factors ,and behavior patterns. The aggregation factor has the strongest relatinship to security. Also, the indicators presented in the security factor are affected by different degrees. The gender variable has no significant difference in the mean of security, but the variables of age, marital status, educational level and occupational status have affected average satisfaction in security. So that people with a higher average age, married, graduate and house wife have higher expectations of security than other groups in their subset. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of this study can help managers, planners and urban designers in implementing appropriate models to create safe urban parks that meet the preferences of users. So they can implement spaces according to the needs of users by considering the wishes and priorities of each group.  

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