Security pathology of metropolises with an emphasis on the management of informal settlements in Tehran metropolis

In recent decades, with the increase in population and the change of different generations and cultures in metropolises and the change of lifestyle, security has become a very important challenge. Security is related to satisfaction, comfort of citizens and desirability of life in the form of sustainable human development and an indicator for quality of life. The feeling of insecurity threatens the presence of people in the urban space, disrupts vitality and health, and reduces public participation. Based on this, the current research has been carried out with the aim of analyzing the security of metropolises with an emphasis on the management of informal settlements in Tehran and determining the factors affecting the insecurity of the capital.

This research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive and survey in nature and analytical in nature. Using the simple random sampling method and based on Cochran's formula, the sample size is estimated to be 383 people, and to identify the security components and variables, a questionnaire tool was used in the form of 5 structural, managerial, content, legal and socio-economic components. has been studied.

The findings indicate that, in the first factor, the integrated attitude in security management and the lack of coalition between security experts, in the second factor, the traditionality of security planning and the multiplicity of political attitudes and views in the informal settlements of the capital, the third factor , the prevalence of the law-abiding culture, cultural differences and population density, the fourth factor, lack of security and safety in night travel, the fifth factor, the weakness of approved rules, plans and programs, and the sixth factor, the low transparency of laws that have the greatest impact on harm Acceptance of informal settlements are the capital.

Weakness of regulations, approved plans and programs and lack of budget and security equipment are among the variables that affect the security of informal settlements in the capital, and in this context it should be said that managerial, legal and structural vulnerability causes insecurity, lawlessness, cultural differences and lack of security. and the safety of informal settlements in Tehran metropolis.