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Improving perceived safety through spatial design in Pendrecht

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

L.A. Marijnissen Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

M.J. van Dorst Urbanism (supervisor 1)
H.J. Janssen Urban Studies - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
R.J. Kleinhans Urban Studies - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 L.A. Marijnissen
Public space Perceived safety Social safe design Social control Neighborhood transformation
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Published Date

08-07-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This research focuses on the relationship between perceived safety and the physical environment and is conducted in the neighborhood Pendrecht, a modernist neighborhood in Rotterdam-Zuid. The research has identified the effects of the spatial environment on perceived safety and has selected design principles that according to theory would improve the perceived safety. The effects of the design principles on the perceived safety is validated through a stated choice experiment. The final outcome of this thesis is a neighborhood transformation design that integrates the validated design principles.