Providing Solution for Increasing Security in Residential Areas throughEnvironmental Design, case study: five neighborhoods of Bojnord

Security is considered as one of the main qualities of desirable urban spaces.
Researches show that social and economic factors do not affect security independently. But the design as well as the physical layout of space can also be very much involved in committing or not committing crimes. The aim of this study is to identify the environmental factors affecting occurrence of crime in these neighborhood and then in the next step to provide solutions in order to increase their security.

To do so, the present study examines five neighborhoods of Bojnord; which all of them are located in the range of informal settlement and peripheral tissue. In this study, descriptive research has been used in order to collect needed data and recognize the characteristics of the neighborhood in terms of security. Analytical research like correlation and logistic regression and SPSS software have been utilized to investigate the influential rate of factors and the relationship between these components and the security of residential areas.

The results show that by designing landscapes and using environmental graphic issues, crime tending would be decreased. Although build green spaces in neighborhoods and improve their quality could increase the social relationships cause to decrease the crime opportunity.

By these results, the study suggest that considering the role of graphical design in designing neighborhoods could decrease crime that might be happening and make the secure community.