Urban rehabilitation and the reflection of spatial reorganisation of crimes in citizens’ crime perception

Author(s)
Andrea Podor, Ourania Kounadi, Mariana Vallejo Velázquez, Qilei Huang
Abstract

Our aim in this study was to see whether spatial reorganisation of crimes to urban rehabilitation processes appears in the perceived fear of crime of Citizens in Budapest. Rehabilitation of Hős Street was the main investigated event in connection to citizens' perceived fear of crime during 2 period. The spatial distribution of drug users has changed. We compared data on fear of crime collected at two different time points. The perception of the eradicated hotspot significantly improved between the two surveys, although it was still considered the most frightening area in the first survey. The emergence of drug users in new areas clearly contributed to fear, though the extent of this fear has not yet reached significant levels. Further analysis is required to uncover the underlying causes.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
Óbuda University
Pages
99-104
No. of pages
6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/CINTI63048.2024.10830845
Publication date
2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
507003 Geoinformatics, 507028 Cartography, 505008 Criminology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Information Systems and Management, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Sciences (miscellaneous), Control and Optimization, Information Systems, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Computer Science Applications
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b967b755-cbe5-4a12-b19b-99b94c970ff3