Faculty of Social Sciences University of Tehran Woman in Development & Politics 2538-3124 13 1 2015 03 21 A survey of the adaptation of Urmia Urban Public Spaces to the needs of women A survey of the adaptation of Urmia Urban Public Spaces to the needs of women 23 40 55204 10.22059/jwdp.2015.55204 FA Mohammad Reza Poormohammadi Professor, Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Pakhshan Khezrnezhad PhD student of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Pulad Ahmadi Master of Research at Social Scinence, Iran Reza Jahanbin PhD student of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Journal Article 2015 04 20 One of the main goals of designing urban space is that the urban public spaces provide a place for all age, employment and gender groups. Designing an effective model for consolidation and the presence of actors as active citizens is not possible without identifying features and their needs. Therefore, this study is conducted to evaluate the adaptation of Urmia urban spaces to the needs of women. In this regard, first of all a conceptual model and a self-made questionnaire was designed using the theory of utility of space, and distributed among 400 women in Urmia who were selected using Cochran formula based on classified samples. Validity of questionnaire was provided using formal validity and divergent validity obtained through factor analysis; Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for determining its reliability. The amount of this coefficient was equal to 0.87 the reliability of which is desirable. In this study, the SPSS software has been used as a tool of analyzing and evaluating the data. The results of this study indicate that there is not general satisfaction in the field of physical measures, access and security in urban public spaces while women's satisfaction from cultural and social measures, based on criteria of the study, is observed. One of the main goals of designing urban space is that the urban public spaces provide a place for all age, employment and gender groups. Designing an effective model for consolidation and the presence of actors as active citizens is not possible without identifying features and their needs. Therefore, this study is conducted to evaluate the adaptation of Urmia urban spaces to the needs of women. In this regard, first of all a conceptual model and a self-made questionnaire was designed using the theory of utility of space, and distributed among 400 women in Urmia who were selected using Cochran formula based on classified samples. Validity of questionnaire was provided using formal validity and divergent validity obtained through factor analysis; Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for determining its reliability. The amount of this coefficient was equal to 0.87 the reliability of which is desirable. In this study, the SPSS software has been used as a tool of analyzing and evaluating the data. The results of this study indicate that there is not general satisfaction in the field of physical measures, access and security in urban public spaces while women's satisfaction from cultural and social measures, based on criteria of the study, is observed. https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_55204_ba50f7251b6e3b02508e7c4407c99b2a.pdf