Integrating sketch maps with GIS to explore fear of crime in the urban environment: A review of the past and prospects for the future

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 175-186

  Curtis, Jacqueline W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Emotion; Environmental perception; Fear of crime; Geographic Information System (GIS); Sketch maps

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; HEALTH SCIENCE; INFUENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH NEEDS; SKETCH MAPS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CRIME; RESEARCH; URBAN PLANNING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRIME; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MAP; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESEARCH WORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870267160     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/15230406394175     Document Type: Review

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