Evaluation of criteria affecting women's activity in urban space (Case study: Esfaris Sidewalk, Ardabil)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effective criteria on promoting women's activity and their presence in urban spaces (Esfaris Sidewalk located in Ardabil city) using the Canter's place model . The methodology of this research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method of doing; it is descriptive-analytical and correlational. The required data were collected from the residents using a survey. The statistical population of this study is Ardabil citizens, of which 383 citizens of Ardabil were selected from 800 people according to Morgan table by stratified random method, of which 245 were females and 138 were males and in order to investigate the components, a questionnaire of activity and behavior, a questionnaire of physical-spatial features and a questionnaire of meanings were implemented; While confirmation, their validity and then reliability were measured using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which indicates a high level of reliability of research tools. One-sample T-tests and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the collected data using SPSS software and led to this conclusion that the Esfaris Sidewalk of Ardabil, in terms of physical-spatial indicators is moderate and according to averages less than 3, it indicates the existence of weakness in these components. These indicators are significant and if physical-spatial indicators are high quality, it will have a positive effect on the presence of women. But according to the results, physical-spatial indicators are moderate and as a result, there is less presence of women in the walking area.