The Role of Vegetation in Formation of Social Anomalies and Perceived Safety in Urban Parks (Case study: Shush Park in District 12 of Tehran)

In recent centuries, with the transition from private gardens to urban parks in Iran, the concern of social insecurity in urban parks has gradually become one of the main debates among city officials and social studies researchers. This study attempts to investigate "The Role of Vegetation on Social Abnormalities". It aims ultimately to increase the sense of security by reducing the negative aspects of vegetation in urban parks. This research focuses on creating sensible experience for urban park's consumers. To this purpose, first theoretical studies is reviewed, then field studies and recognizing the current situation of vegetation in Shush Park in Tehran and finding its relationship with the level of social anomalies and the feeling of security, after that making a change in the vegetation and uses in this park by benefiting from the research achievements in the previous two stages, and finally measuring the success rate of the research project by qualitative research method is maintained. Basically, the type of plant cover is as an independent variable and user behavior as a dependent variable. As a result, it is vital to boost the feeling of security in Shush Park, and also to change the park's vegetation. Therefore, to better understand this study the graphic plan cards are included at the end. Each graphic plan card shows the location of social anomalies in Shush Park before and after vegetation changes in the spring of 2006 and 2008. This comparison clarifies that the vegetation of Shush Park reduces the occurrence of social anomalies and increases the sense of security.