Conceptual Modeling of Environmental Factors Influencing the Security Residential Complexes (Case Study: Residential Complexes of Hamedan City)

Security is one of the essential necessities of every society. Research in security issues, is a field which facilitates improvement of quality of life in residential spaces, especially in residential complexes. The assumption in this research is that it could be possible to develop a model on the basis of interrelation between environment and human being and then use it for preventing crime as an anomic behavior.
In a qualitative approach, the context analysis is used for developing a background in crime prevention through environmental design, and then with interpretation approach and using comparative analysis method, it is attempted to investigate the environmental factors affecting the security of residential complexes. Observation, interview and questionnaire are used for data gathering.
The findings of research are presented in a complicated model of the environmental factors affecting security issues. This model shows that socio-economic factors and then physical factors which lead to natural surveillance, access control, territoriality and image, have important roles in security improvement in residential complexes.