Explaining and evaluating the effect of spatial arrangement components on children's safety Urban planning optimization(Case Study: Neighborhood Parks in Region 2 of Tehran Municipality)

Fostering children's creativity and abilities is a social necessity, and neighborhood parks are one of the most important places to achieve that. The aim of this study is to comprehensively identify the components of space layout to ensure the safety of children in neighborhood parks. The research method is applied-descriptive. First, by qualitative content analysis method, indicators explaining the layout of space and children's safety in neighborhood parks are presented and by collecting data from interviews with clients of neighborhood parks, the impact of space layout components on children's safety Checked. The selected statistical sample is 156 people by clustering method. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software using quantitative tests. The results indicate that there is a strong correlation between the variables of space layout and child safety in neighborhood parks. Also, for in-depth analysis of the effect of space layout components on children's safety in neighborhood parks, techniques of observing and recording analytical layout patterns using Depth map software were used. Finally, the analysis results for 5 neighborhood parks in Tehran's District 2 include "Niayesh", "Goldasht", "Morvarid", "Parasto" and "Misagh" parks were also presented.