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Public safety in residential estates – a case study

Author(s): Agnieszka Szczepańska, Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: residential estate; public space; security

Summary/Abstract: With security being one of the basic human needs, public safety has become a contemporary determinant of well-being and quality of life. Accordingly, since residential estates are the arena of many people’s daily life, safety in selected public areas is a very important issue nowadays. The study analyzes public safety levels in a residential estate. The structure of the estate and the presence of facilities that could affect the residents’ safety were analyzed. A survey was conducted among members of a local community. The results were used to identify areas characterized by various levels of public safety and to develop a map of safety threats in the analyzed estate.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 81-98
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English, Polish