Women in a safe and healthy urban environment: environmental top priorities for the women’s presence in urban public spaces

Highlights • Women’s presence in public spaces is affected by environmental factors of built environment. • Among environmental priorities affected on women’s presence in public spaces, Security is most significantly factor in motivating women for active social participation in urban public spaces. • Among the individual characteristics of the respondents, the components of collective memory, identity, freedom, and safety have had a positive correlation with the age of the respondents.