Bars on blocks: A cellular automata model of crime and liquor licensed establishment density

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 412-422

  Spicer, Valerie ^a   Reid, Andrew A ^a   Ginther, Jordan ^a   Seifi, Hasti ^a   Dabbaghian, Vahid ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Distribution of crime; Entertainment districts; Liquor establishments; Urban planning; Von Neumann (Rook) and Moore (Queen) neighborhood

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODELS; CENSUS DATA; CITY BLOCK; CRIME DATA; ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS; LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SYSTEMS APPROACH; TRANSITION RULE; VON NEUMANN (ROOK) AND MOORE (QUEEN) NEIGHBORHOOD;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CRIME; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN PLANNING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CENSUS; CRIME; LAND USE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84864745053     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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