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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 location 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.
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Professor Dr Leo van den Berg, Dr Peter M.J. Pol, Giuliano Mingardo MA, and Carolien J.M. Speller MA, are all based at the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research, (EURICUR), Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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urban attractiveness, urban safety policy, related spatial behaviour, becoming persistent offenders, drug nuisance, local safety policy, new safety policy, current safety policy, backward neighbourhoods, large cities policy, safety perceptions, underprivileged neighbourhoods, housing adviser, urban insecurity, prostitution zone, hard drug scene, urban actors, disorder reduction strategy, central station area, gentrified enclaves, concise profile, perceived insecurity, urban security, decreasing crime rates, drug tourists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Hague, The Netherlands, Birmingham Community Safety Partnership, Den Haag, Leeds Initiative, Gemeente Heerlen, Czech Republic, Public Prosecutor, Youth Station, Urban Facts, Leeds Community Safety, Bari Vecchia, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, Safer City Centre Initiative, Community Services, New York, West Midlands Police, Gemeente Rotterdam, Operatie Hartslag, Urban Audit, City Board, European Commission, European Union, Helsinki Region, Berlin Wall New!
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- National Urban Policies in the European Union (EURICUR Series ( European Institute for Comparative Urban Research)) by Leo Van Der Berg in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- British Crime Survey 1992 (Research Studies) by Great Britain. Home Office on page 184, page 185, and page 219
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Statistical Bulletin (no 7/96) by Great Britain on page 184, and page 219
- The Information Age, Volumes 1-3: Economy, Society and Culture (v. 1-3) by Manuel Castells in Back Matter
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