Investigating personal safety at railway stations using “virtual reality” technology

Facilities

Volumn 21, Issue , 2003, Pages 188-194

  Cozens, Paul ^a   Neale, Richard ^a   Whitaker, Jeremy ^b   Hillier, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Commercial Director of Wales and Border Trains ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Facilities management; Rail transport; Security; User satisfaction; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986100102     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770310489936     Document Type: Article

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