Measurement and Analysis of Societal Security Feeling in the Old Structure of Kish Island: Safeyn Neighborhood

Societal security feeling is among the important indices of life quality, and being aware of the level of this index is of high importance to urban and security organizers and managers. The present research is aimed at measuring the level of societal security feeling among inhabitants of old Safeyn neighborhood in Kish Island and analyzing its relationship with various factors. The research is of applied and development type and has been conducted in a descriptive and analytical way. Information is gathered through using documents and field study. In the field study method, information is gathered through using questionnaire and conducting interviews. The statistical community includes inhabitants of the old neighborhood of Safeyn in Kish Island. The volume of statistical sample is calculated based on Cochran formula, and 220 questionnaires have been used for this purpose. The results stipulated in the questionnaires were analyzed by statistical models using SPSS. The results of the research indicate that the inhabitants of the neighborhood enjoy a fair level of societal security feeling (%80).Security feeling has a significant relationship with some issues: being fond of the neighborhood, level of relationship among neighbors, level of trust in police, social and economic characteristics of people; quality of the structure, reconstruction and renovation of the neighborhood. These indices contribute to the level of societal security feeling.