Safety and sustainability in a city in transition: The case of Vilnius, Lithuania

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-94

  Ceccato, Vânia ^a   Lukyte, Nijole ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crime geography; Perceived safety; Post socialist cities; Sustainability; Urban safety

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; SAFETY; SENSE OF PLACE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

LITHUANIA; VILNIUS;

EID: 78649941247     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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