Investigating the Influences of Tree Coverage and Road Network Density on Property Crime: A Case Study in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Journal: UWSpace (University of Waterloo)
Year: 2016

With the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), crime mapping becomes an effective approach to investigate the spatial pattern of crime in a defined area. Understanding the relationship between crime and its surrounding environment can reveal possible strategies that can reduce crime in a neighbourhood. The relationship between vegetation density and crime has been under debate for a long time. On the one hand, dense vegetation is usually used as shield by criminals when committing