A New Approach for Assessing Secure and Vulnerable Areas in Central Urban Neighborhoods Based on Social-Groups’ Analysis

Current urban planning of central neighborhoods is focused on mobility transformation towards more sustainable methods public transportation and walkability that increase social interactions. Central in many cities may suffer from deterioration due to lack personal security result diminished walkability. The might exclude residents those areas create a troublesome circle deterioration, emphasize spatial inequality. It also establish different patterns the neighborhood infrastructure usage for groups, such as using specifically secure streets spaces. main goal this paper define routes spaces where people walk use their which they feel safe, understand how groups walk-through same environment. This analyzed by rating index (SRI) model, GIS-based mapping used identify rate better SRI results are compared an interview, was given social-group representatives, data collected mobile application, vandalism analysis municipality. assessment took place Hadar Haifa, Israel.