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Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces

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  • Jelle Brands
  • Janne van Doorn
  • Remco Spithoven

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Combining insights from the urban design and criminological literature, this paper explores the degree to which conviviality, feeling welcome, and feeling at home are related to peoples’ experiences of safety. A questionnaire was distributed on four squares in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While participants valued the positive qualities of the squares differently, feeling safe was connected to a wider, positive evaluation of the quality of space and especially to feeling at home. By investing primarily in public spaces that are ‘homely’ or ‘domesticated’, a ‘supplemental safety’ might therefore be nurtured. This poses important insights for safety management.

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  • Jelle Brands & Janne van Doorn & Remco Spithoven, 2021. "Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 59-74, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:26:y:2021:i:1:p:59-74
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2020.1819781
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