Fear of crime in urban parks based on different levels of concealment, incivilities and human presence / Sreetheran Maruthaveeran, Arne Arnberger, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch

• Main Authors: Maruthaveeran, Sreetheran, Arnberger, Arne, van den Bosch, Cecil Konijnendijk
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture; Landscape architecture; Parks and public reservations. Including theory, management, history
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44656/1/44656.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44656/; https://icrp2018.wixsite.com/icrp18
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This study examined the effects of concealment, incivilities and presence or absence of people recreating (social cues) on evoking fear of crime in urban parks of Kuala Lumpur. 669 respondents from five parks rated their fear of crime to 12 manipulated photographic representations of a park trail. T...