Analysis of the role of urban spaces in women's security (Case study: Shirvan city)

Like many cities in the country, the city of Shirvan is facing issues that have made the social security of citizens and especially women a problem. In order to solve these issues, it is necessary to specifically identify the different aspects of security from the perspective of women and plan for its correction. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to know the situation of Shirvan city in terms of women's security indicators, to identify the most important factors that reduce women's security in this city and to provide suitable solutions.

The article is descriptive-analytical and practical in terms of purpose. The data was obtained by distributing a questionnaire among 384 women in Shirvan city. The results were analyzed using Spearman's correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis and Bonferroni's post hoc test in SPSS environment.

The average of seven dimensions is lower than 3. Examining the Spearman correlation coefficient shows that the relationship between quality of life and accessibility, behavioral and cultural-social dimension, urban management and urban furniture dimension, spatial and physical dimension has a medium and positive correlation and these relationships are significant. In the exploratory factor analysis, 15 factors were identified which are the basis of 59 research variables. The final 15 extracted factors were able to explain 65.82% of the variance of all research variables.

In general, the situation of women's security indicators in Shirvan city is not favorable. Also, physical factors and urban furniture are the most important factors in reducing women's security in the urban spaces of Shirvan, and it is necessary to pay special attention to urban managers in order to improve women's security in urban spaces. There are many unsafe spaces in the city of Shirvan, which the majority of the women in this city are aware of, and they pay special attention to these spaces from the city officials.