Evaluation Of The Planning Pattern Of Landuses On Women Safety Improvment In Urban Spaces (Case study: central district of Tehran city)

Safety is a fundamental right and it is a prerequisite for maintaining and improvement of people welfare and health. There are various personal characteristics that affect people's perception of safety. Among them, sexuality is considered to be the key factor. Fear of urban spaces causes demission and damages citizen rights.Space safety depends on surrounding land uses and it is necessary to think about a scheme that decreases harmful influences of private and isolated land usage.Studying related theories, due to the novelty of topic and lack of the native pattern, studies based on world successful experiences (performed on London, Toronto, Dar e sallam, Coventry) have been analyzed. Also in addition to define dependent variables such as land usage and activity, necessary indices have been derived including legibility of space, access to aid services, space surveillance, acquaintance level of space and obtaining night safety.The main hypothesis of the research is if there is direct relationship among land usage and activity level with women safety in public space.