Urban Fear of Crime and Violence in Gated Communities

2007 ◽  
pp. 255-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Setha M. Low
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Urban Fear

scholarly journals Perceived safety and fear of crime: A web-based GIS platform.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Pavlos TSAGKIS ◽  
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Yorgos PHOTIS ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Web Gis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Data Survey ◽  
Urban Fear

Fear of crime is a social phenomenon that mainly affects the population of urban communities and it is recognized as an issue by both the academic community and society itself. To study the phenomenon, it is necessary to collect primary data, either using traditional data collection methods or using well-established online questionnaires. This paper describes the process and architecture of developing an interactive data survey, analysis, and geovisualization web-based platform to support online questionnaires and surveys, related to the urban fear of crime. The main goal is to provide tools and utilities for researchers, journalists, groups or individuals, interested in the scientific aspect of fear of crime, to collect related data and analyze them within a common interface. The fear of crime platform utilizes a client-server Web-GIS application that gives access to a worldwide spatial database. As the fear of crime platform is a dynamic ecosystem that grows up every day, this database is also growing proportionally by individuals around the world. The project’s development is accessible at the following web address: www.fearofcrime.com

scholarly journals Typological Analysis of Gated Communities Characteristics in Ibadan, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusola Oladapo Makinde
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Type I ◽  
Type D ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Design Values ◽  
Bounded Area ◽  
Level Of Importance

Given the fact that the fear of crime is growing in Ibadan, and the number of gated communities or enclosed neighbourhoods is growing daily, need for an in-depth study of this phenomenon is essential to make available understanding into the architect’s thought procedures, design values and establish a typological dimension of the prevailing enclosed neighbourhood. The aim of the study is to examine the types and characteristics of gated communities in Ibadan, with a view to informing policy on neighbourhood design and gated community development. This study identifies and assesses the types and characteristics of gated communities in Ibadan; this was assessed using field survey through direct observation check and structured questionnaire methods. The result of the typological classification of gated communities through a variety of enclosure in Ibadan shows nine deferent types of gated communities, this include type A (Ornamental gating), type B (Walled subdivisions, type C (Faux-gated entries), type D (Barricaded streets), type E (partially gated roads), type F (Full gated roads), type G (Restricted entry, bounded area), type H (Restricted entry, guarded area), type I (Condominiums). The result of the defensive physical characteristics of the gated communities shows that Old Bodija Scheme has the strongest characteristics with an average index of 3.58 DPC while Agodi GRA appears weakest with an index of 2.63 DPC. The eight typologies, which were identified, gave understanding to the design philosophy of the architects by showing the elements which they manipulated in the design of gated communities. Finally, the paper examined the level of importance of defensive physical characteristics that include Territoriality, Surveillance, Milieu and Image in the development and design of gated communities.

scholarly journals Gated communities in England : rules and rhetoric of urban planning

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Blandy ◽  
D. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
National Debate ◽  
Official Recognition

Abstract. The number of private gated developments continues to grow in Britain, in apparent contradiction to the government's urban policy aims of developing balanced, sustainable, mixed communities. There has been no official recognition of the trend towards gated communities, nor any national debate about their desirability as a built or social form. Contradictory guidance is given to local authorities about the design priorities for new housing developments. A case study tracks the planning process of a gated Community in Sheffield in order to illustrate the problems of regulating this new form of housing. Interviews with key players in this development inform discussion about the supply and demand for gated communities, which are found to be influenced by globalised marketing trends for ideal housing types, and a pervasive fear of crime. The issues which are highlighted by the growth of gated communities in Britain demand more attention than can be provided by the current policy vacuum.

scholarly journals Territorial expression of urban fear: the spread of gated communities in Lithuania

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-44
Author(s):  
Simona Balčaitė
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
Gated Communities ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Culture Of Fear ◽  
Urban Fear ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

This article presents the analysis of the spread of gated communities in Lithuania considering the theoretical basis and the impact of ‘culture of fear’. The ‘urban fear’ is considered as a complex of anxieties that involves fear of changes, instability and disorder as well as non-acceptance of differences, diversity and the ‘others’. Those fears and the need for social control create the model of gated living, in which not only gated communities but also gated mentality plays an important role. Thus gated communities appear to be both the consequence and the reason of mental ‘gatedness’ as well as unsustainable development of modern cities, in which the demand for gating is produced by fear-creating media and real estate developers. The study was made in suburban areas of three main Lithuanian cities, identifying gated communities and other fenced (but not guarded) neighbourhoods and housing developments. The features of their physical enclosure, security measures and community building were recorded. A total of 129 suburban gated communities and nearly 390 other fenced neighbourhoods were identified. The analysis of gated communities` spread revealed changes not only in the amount and territorial distribution but also in ‘gatedness’ of gated communities in Lithuania.

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