Investigating the Contribution of Physical Components of Women's Sense of Safety to Open Spaces of Urban Tourism, Case study: 30 Tir street

Document Type : Original Research Article

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1 Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

2 Nazar Research Center, ،Tehran, Iran.

3 University of Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Safety can be considered as one of the main social-human needs in today’s society. The safety of women is considered as one of the most important qualitative components of urban planning. Social safety of urban open spaces is considered as an important factor in the tourism industry. Since the mental image of a place plays an important role in its success or failure to attract tourists, it can affect the economy of a country in the long term. This study hypothesized that touristic sites could boom and attract more people by increasing the sense of safety in women. Responding women's demands from the space would increase the quality of place for everyone. The aim of this study is introducing the physical components of space, which increases women’s sense of safety in touristic open spaces.
Data for this study was collected through a qualitative survey. Thus, after conducting the data analysis and reviewing previous related researches, research’s factors have been evaluated in a case study. presenting effective physical components on women's sense of safety and testing them in the open spaces of the 30Tir street, one of the touristic destinations of this city. The results of this study supports this hypothesis that the third part of the 30tir st (between sakhai and Imam Khomeini) which responds the demand of women is the successful part of the street and creates the sense of safety among women the most.

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MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape
Volume 11, Issue 47
June 2019
Pages 24-37

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