The systematic review on safety in urban neighborhoods

• Main Authors: Bigdeli Rad, Vahid, Najafpour, Hamed, Ngah, Ibrahim, Shieh, Esmaeil, Bigdeli Rad, Hamid
• Format: Article
• Published: Zhengzhou University 2014
• Subjects: TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63029/; http://www.lifesciencesite.com/lsj/life1110/054_24297life111014_398_405.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Previous researches focused on the safety issue as a significant factor for neighborhood's quality. The aim of this research is to establish a comprehensive overview on literatures in terms of the significance of safety issue for urban neighborhoods and its influencing factors. To do so, 27 research articles associating to urban neighborhood's safety criteria are evoked and reviewed. Considering the existing inconsistencies of the results, the important factors influencing urban neighborhood's safety are revealed. Most of undertaken articles that were focused on statistical strategies were validated and reliable safety is standardized. Moreover, the possible moderation of effects are surely investigated and warranted.