Investigating the Relationship Between the Physical-Social Space of the City and the Sense of Security (Case Study: Qazvin City in 2020)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin. Iran

2 PhD student in Sociology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

3 Master of Diplomacy and International Organizations, Faculty of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between the physical and social space of the city on the feeling of security among the citizens of Qazvini. In order to achieve this goal, first, the theoretical framework of the research was determined according to the appropriateness of the subject under investigation, and then the main hypothesis of the research was extracted from it. The research method in this research is a survey and the data collection tool are a researcher-made questionnaire with validity and reliability. The statistical population of the research is the citizens of Qazvin city. And the sample size of 321 people was obtained by multi-stage cluster method, then using SPSS and Amos software, it was used for hypothesis testing and data analysis. The results of the research indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between the physical and social space of the city and the sense of security.
In the regression analysis to explain the dependent variable, among the independent variables, the variable of the residence area had the most effect, and the variable of the physical space of the city, gender, age, social space of the city, number of years of residence and socio-economic base were the most influential.
Also, according to the indicators obtained from the Amos software, the collected data supports the proposed theoretical framework.

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  • Receive Date: 25 June 2022
  • Revise Date: 03 January 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 January 2023

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