Analysis of the Security Level in the Pedestrians and Surrounding Tissues in the Historical Regions of the City(Case Study: Alam-Alhoda Pedestrians)

Subject Areas : Urban Environment

elham pourmahabadian ¹ , hassan ahmadi ² , seyyed yousef amiri ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban studies, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Guilan Universit Rasht, Iran.

Received: 2018-03-06 Accepted : 2018-05-29 Published : 2021-06-22

Keywords: Urban spaces, Security, renewable energies, Walkways, Environment,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: The purpose of this research is to analyze the security level of the walkways with the environmental safety approach in the perimeter climate, as exemplified by the Alam-Al-Hadi crossing in Rasht.Method: The research method was descriptive-analytic and data collection was done by library and field method using a questionnaire and a survey of citizens. In this research, SPSS software was used to analyze the questionnaires.Findings: Pedestrians are one of the main urban spaces in cities and play a very important role in urban and environmental safety of people and urban activities. Therefore, it can be said that providing human and environmental safety of these spaces can be of great help to the citizens of the city. Because environmental safety is considered as one of the main components of human security and the security category is mentioned in the subsections of cities sustainability; therefore, the study of the security of the walkways and the presentation of its upgrading principles can be used to create a city, live, active and maintaining a healthy environment using renewable energy.Discussion and Conclusion: The results of the research indicate that after turning Alam al-Huda Street into a sidewalk, in terms of physical and environmental security issues, measures have been considered that have increased the level of security in this space; Among these measures were the impossibility of entering motor vehicles in these spaces, the control of these spaces by the police, and lighting using clean and renewable energies. In addition to these cases, other components are effective in improving security, which were addressed in this study.

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