Examining the relation between residential neighborhood's features and the sense of security of Kermani citizens

Security is one of the most fundamental needs of human, and based on this, sense of security could be one of the most useful elements in providing safety and peace for society and its members. Urban spaces as public spaces that are shared by all city dwellers can play an important role in providing sense of security for the citizens. Neighborhood is an arena of urban space in which the relations between dwellers reach to the possible maximum and many of the human social needs are met. The purpose of this research is to recognize the amount of sense of security within the citizens of Kerman and the impact of environmental factors on it. This research is a survey study carried out in the neighborhoods of Kerman. The sample consists of 400 Kermani people who announced their sense of security in both physical and financial aspects by answering research-made questionnaires.The results indicated that the level of sense of physical and financial security was about average and the amount of the factors such as dependency to neighborhood, chaos and disorder in neighborhood, the measure of the appearance of damages and deviations in neighborhood, economic and social situation of neighborhood, physical shape of environment and type of police surveillance and control had a meaningful relation with sense of security in both aspects.