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Informationen zum Autor Vania Ceccato is associate professor of urban safety at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. She is editor of The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear (2012). Klappentext The aim of Moving Safely is to provide both theoretical and empirical perspectives on safety conditions at subway stations. This book adopts an approach that is place-centered, focusing on the importance of physical and social environments of these transit settings on crime and perceived safety using Stockholm transportation system as a case study . It offers suggestions on how to plan safety at subway stations with a variety of passenger preferences, needs and resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Mobility and safetyChapter 3: Transportation nodes and the cityChapter 4: The emergence in criminology of safety in transportation nodesChapter 5: A conceptual framework for safety in subway stationsChapter 6: The Stockholm's subway stationsChapter 7: Crime and the environment in Stockholm's subway stationsChapter 8: Patterns of perceived safety in Stockholm's subway stationsChapter 9: The rhythms of crime at Stockholm's subway stationsChapter 10: Lessons from Stockholm's subway stationsChapter 11: Making transportation nodes saferChapter 12: A research agenda for safety at transportation nodesReferencesDefinitionsAppendicesIndexAbout the author

Product details

• Authors: Vania Ceccato, Ceccato Vania
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2013
• EAN: 9780739177600
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7760-0
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Social research & statistics, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Social research and statistics, Violence and abuse in society