What are you looking at? Visitors’ perspectives on CCTV in the night-time economy

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-39

  Brands, Jelle ^a   Schwanen, Tim ^b   van Aalst, Irina ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; CCTV; lived experience; night time economy; nightlife districts; urban night

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; LIFESTYLE; POLICY APPROACH; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84953410959     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776413481369     Document Type: Article

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