Konijnendijk, Cecil
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- University of Copenhagen
Abstract
Studies have pointed at the negative side of urban green spaces in terms of evoking fear of crime. However research on fear-provoking attributes suggests that there usually is no single attribute that influences fear but that rather a combination of attributes prevails. The aim of the paper is to systematically review those attributes that evoke fear of crime in urban green spaces and to highlight their complex interaction by adopting a social-ecological framework. Results include an overview of the reviewed literature with regard to authorship, journal, geographical distribution of the studies, types of urban green spaces studies, types of landscape stimulus used, applied methods, types of respondents involved and main study findings. Forty-eight studies met the authors' inclusion criteria. The majority of the studies highlighted that individual-factors (such as gender and past experience) were more influential than social and physical factors in evoking fear of crime. A proposed socio-ecological framework highlights the attributes which evoke fear of crime in urban green spaces and its interactions and can help guide future research. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Fisher and Nasar's typology; Landscape perception; Perceived safety; Prospect-refuge theory; Victimisation
Published in
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
2014, volume: 13, number: 1, pages: 1-18
SLU Authors
Associated SLU-program
SLUsystematic
Global goals (SDG)
SDG5 Gender equality
SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
UKÄ Subject classification
Landscape Architecture
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2013.11.006
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/61922