Fear, Space and Urban Planning : A Critical Perspective from Southern Europe

• Main Author: Tulumello, Simone. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: UNIPA Springer Series,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Urban economics.; Crime > Sociological aspects.; Human geography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319439372
• Physical Description: XIX, 131 p. 13 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.

This book examines the phenomenon of urban fear - the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety - with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space, and urban planning that unravels the paradoxes of their mutual relati...