Conceptualizing urban ontological security: 'Being-in-the-city' and its social and spatial dimensions

- Urban ontological security theorizes the intertwined relationships between social and spatial aspects of urban security.
- Urban ontological security is related to individuals' everyday routine and confidence in their urban social and physical fabrics.
- Urban ontological security is about the confidence in 'the constancy' of the urban fabric to support the everyday routinized actions.
- Urban ontological security is a very important form of feeling safe in individuals' everyday routine and confidence in the urban fabric on its social and physical entities.
- The attainment of a sense of urban security should be considered as a basic right of people in a reality of growing risks.