Women's Fear and the Design of Public Space

Valentine, G

APA
Valentine, G. (1990). Women's fear and the design of public space. Built Environment (1978-), 288-303.

Keywords
Fear , Gender , Safety

Abstract
Research shows that social relations within a space and the group(s) who control that space socially have a greater influence on how safe women feel than does the design of the space. And more action and research is needed to investigate how men dominate space and how this dominance can be broken.

Main finding
Research shows that social relations within a space and the group(s) who control that space socially have a greater influence on how safe women feel than does the design of the space - although this is also important

Description of method used in the article

Verdict
Of practical use

Organising categories

Activity
Crime and Aggression Gathering/Socializing
Method
Meta-analysis
Discipline
Environmental Psychology
Physical types
Other
Geographic locations