The study of relationship between sense of community and feeling of urban security; Case study: Ashkaneh city

Feelings of security is one of the most important needs of citizens and one of the indicators of urban quality of life that is influenced by several factors. One of these factors is sense of community.In this research, the relationship between the sense of community and the security feeling of the citizens of Ashkhaneh is considered. In this research ,sense of community includes 4 components of membership (belonging), fulfillment of needs, shared emotional connection and sense of influence, and the sense of security is people's evaluation of the security of their neighborhood.This research is a survey research and a questionnaire was used to collect data.. The statistical population is citizens over 15 years of age in Ashkhaneh city . The sample size is 377 people and the sampling method is random simple.The data analysis method is one-sample t-test , Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis.According to the findings of this research, the mean of feeling of security and sense of community in the neighborhoods of Ashkhaneh city are 3.7 and 3.52, respectively, that are higher than the average.Also, according to the correlation coefficient of 0.45 at a significance level of P-value<0.1 it can be said that there is a significant and positive relationship between the sense of community and the sense of security of the residents of Ashkhaneh city, and the intensity of the correlation is moderate.The results of multiple regression also show that among the indicators of community sense, the two indicators of fulfillment of needs and shared emotional connection, respectively, have the greatest impact on citizens' sense of security.