Perceived safety of a retrofit neighbourhood
Project description
As part of AATU-project, safe urban environment, a subproject focused on perceived safety of a retrofit neighbourhood in Espoo, Finland and studied the potential of urban infill project to change the track of development of existing, distressed neighborhood. Using PPGIS, this study offers insights on how to avoid too simplistic or deterministic thinking in safety planning. The study concluded that more comprehensive safety strategies are most likely to succeed in breaking the negative development of fear and a spiral of neighborhood decay especially in retrofit neighborhoods.
Research themes
Active living and urban lifestyles
Project details
Project contact
Marketta Kyttä
Aalto University
Team members
- Jenni Kuoppa
- Jukka Hirvonen
- Ehsan Ahmadi
- Tuija Tzoulas