The feasibility of Applying the CPTED approach in Islamic cities (Case study: Ten Municipality Regions of Tabriz)

Cities with all the new facilities, are not capable of providing safety & peace for citizens, like in the past. therefore, the attention to the concept of citizen safety and its promotion methods has become one of the main priorities of urban professionals and theorists. New environmental design approaches emphasize the fact that, paying attention to the physical structure of urban spaces and application of special rules in them, a wide range of crimes can be prevented. The CPTED approach can be considered as a kind of targeted approach to the efficient and intelligent design of environmental components in crime reduction, which effectively affects social capital increase, improving quality of life, increasing citizenship satisfaction, and improving social welfare of the community. This research seeks to assess the feasibility of implementing the CPTED approach in Islamic cities. In the present study, the indexes of Islamic city and CPTED approach are measured in Tabriz municipalities using Pearson and regression tests. The calculations indicate that there is a meaningful relationship between the indicators of the Islamic city and monitoring public spaces, supporting the development of social activities, controlling of visual and physical access to urban spaces, paying attention to the hierarchy and the scope of urban spaces are most important in applying the CPTED approach in the Tabriz municipality regions.