The Impact of Design of Green Spaces in Border Inner City Highways to Create Sense of Safety: a case study of Hemmat Highway, Tehran

Safe environment is an important constituent of quality life. Safety has always been the most fundamental human need. Until his need is met, he may not arrive at an interpretation of the space in which he is dwelling. Increasingly the development of cities has brought about a necessity to create and use highways while the highways have spaces in their own border and often have vegetation. However, due to their separation from their surrounding neighbourhoods and the lack of suitable design to use physical elements, there are some safety concerns over the feeling of vulnerability for users have been observed. The main objective of this research is to check the relationship between upgrading level of space quality and sense of safety in green spaces of border of urban highways from the perspective of users of these spaces. In this context, some measures are extracted for assessment of safety from the point of view of physical aspect from the perspective of scholars. The population of this research consists of the residents, employers and tourists in border of Hemmat highway. The sample size of this research is 330 participants. The findings show that there are relationships between the three main variables of space control, supervision and activity in green space with the established sense of safety. Finally, it was understood that upgrading level of space quality through improving the physical conditions will contribute to the increasing use of space which contributes in turn to sense of safety.