The safe city
Subtitle: safety and urban development in European cities
By: by Leo van den Berg ... [et al.]
Contributors: Berg, Leo van den; European Institute for Comparative Urban Research
Series: EURICUR series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780754647232
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Europe -- Case studies; Crime prevention -- Europe -- Case studies; Urban policy -- Europe -- Evaluation
Genres: Case studies
Other titles: Safety and urban development in European cities
Description: "As numerous local authorities of European cities invest in the attractiveness of their urban areas in the hope of attracting new inhabitants and economic activities, safety has become a topical subject. Perceived safety is a major factor in a city's attractiveness and fear of crime can have a large impact on locaton decisions, with ensuing economic consequences."

"This book examines the role of security in urban development and its local policy implications. Comparing eleven European cities, it analyses how actual and perceived security is evolving, and what the economic, social and spatial consequences are of a changing perceived security. While crime has decreased in eight of the eleven cities, fear of crime has increased in all of them. This book discusses the factors influencing this fear, including the role of the media, the quality and maintenance of the built environment, socio-economic inequality, calamities and terrorism."

"It examines how these ingrained perceptions of insecurity can persist, and require more innovative local safety policies and the involvement of a larger number of actors and other forms of social policy, such as education, employment and improving social cohesion."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-327) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Security and urban development; title: The case of Rotterdam; title: The case of Antwerp; title: The case of Glasgow; title: The case of The Hague; title: The case of Helsinki; title: The case of Heerlen; title: The case of Leeds; title: The case of Bari; title: The case of Birmingham; title: The case of Gera; title: The case of Prague; title: Synthesis