Perceived danger in urban public space: The impacts of physical features and personal factors

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-486

  Blöbaum, Anke ^a   Hunecke, Marcel ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological sex; Environmental cognition; Fear of crime; Physical design; Psychological gender

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 21544469416     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504269643     Document Type: Article

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