Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities
International Evidence and Prevention
How cities are planned and designed has a major impact on individuals' mobility and safety. If individuals feel unsafe in public transportation or on the way to it, they may avoid certain routes or particular times of the day. This is problematic, since research has also found that, in some cities, especially those in the Global South, a large percentage of women are transit captives. Namely, they have relatively less access to non-public forms of transportation and are, therefore, especially reliant on public transport. This issue is important not only because it affects people's safety but also because it influences the long-term sustainabi…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-00-006937-2
- EAN: 9781000069372
- Produktnummer: 34112451
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 382 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 15'795 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 96 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 16 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 80 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 50 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Vania Ceccato is Professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. She is the author of several books, including Moving Safely: Crime and Perceived Safety in Stockholm's Subway Stations, and co-editor of Safety and Security in Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. She is the author or editor of eight books, the most recent of which are: Informal American City, Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?, New Companion to Urban Design, and Urban Humanities.
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