Using remote sensing to assess the relationship between crime and the urban layout

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-60

  Patino, Jorge E ^a   Duque, Juan C ^a   Pardo Pascual, Josep E ^b   Ruiz, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broken windows; CPTED; Homicide; Remote sensing; Urban layout characterization; VHR imagery

Indexed keywords

CRIME; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; NEIGHBORHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; MEDELLIN;

EID: 84907743864     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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