Explaining secure urban design guidelines to enhance the value of the real estate of Ghalamestan park in Tehran

Security of urban spaces is one of the most important effective qualities on the real estate value. Objective security, in connection with the types of delinquency and measurable with crime rate and mentally causes residents insecurity which directly correlates with their mental image from urban and intangible spaces.
This research has been done with an applied approach and the research method is analytical-descriptive. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the residents’ mental image of urban security, so that we can provide a guide to designing safe urban spaces in order to enhance the value of the property. For this purpose, as a case study, the images of the Ghalamestan park located in District 1 of Tehran, were given to residents around to identify areas on images where they feel insecure to reach the insecure geographic map based on the images. The results show that the components derived from the mental images of the people correspond to the subject literature and effective physical-space components on security of urban spaces, including the form of space, permeability, activity, environmental and visual comfort, and urban management