Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Lecture, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Lecture, Law Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Security and safety of the urban environment is a multidimensional and key phenomenon in urban studies. A safe city is a city that, while reducing physical and psychological threats, provides the basis for promoting sustainable well-being and security for its citizens. In examining the relationship between safety and the urban environment, two basic dimensions are considered: the social dimension (behavioral and institutional), and the structural dimension (physical and physical) that is related to urban security. From this perspective, urban security requires the simultaneous analysis of physical, social, service and mental indicators. Also, safety assessment in urban environments is usually carried out based on two categories of criteria: objective criteria such as crime statistics, accident rates and infrastructure quality and subjective criteria including citizens' perception of safety, in which factors such as lighting, visibility and social cohesion play a role. In addition, indicators such as the quality of green space, air pollution, access to health services, job opportunities, and the level of preparedness against natural disasters are also effective in shaping urban safety. In general, the combination of these indicators and their comprehensive analysis provides a more accurate picture of the state of urban security and safetyUrban safety and security, as one of the main indicators of quality of life, play an important role in the social and physical sustainability of cities. The number of population and the complexity of the urban structure have made its management and analysis a major challenge for urban planners and managers. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating and measuring the level of safety and security in the urban areas of Ardabil. This study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical in terms of method. A number of 15 changes were set in the form of 30 questions with a five-option Likert design and were provided to 383 people from the statistical sample in the five regions of Ardabil city using the Cochrane method of random sample selection. The analytical model of Vazpas and TOPSIS was used for the analyses. The findings showed that from several cases of the study, the most socially focused and the use of the traffic management system played the least role, thus urban areas 3, 1, 2, 4 and 5 were among the lowest in terms of urban environment safety and security, and overall, Ardabil city was in a higher than average state with a Qi value of 0.5535. Based on these results, urban safety in Ardabil relies more on social, physical, and managerial factors than on security requirements.
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