Highlights • 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.
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