eprintid: 3613
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/36/13
datestamp: 2021-08-09 16:18:29
lastmod: 2021-08-09 16:18:29
status_changed: 2021-08-09 16:18:29
type: thesis
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creators_name: Vrancken, Eline
creators_id: S3538443
creators_email: e.vrancken@hotmail.nl
title: Investigation in how the personal perceived safety in city parks  is influenced, by its characteristics, in the city Groningen.
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Being in urban green spaces contributes to the well-being of people, therefore it is important that the 
threshold to visit these places is low. This is influenced by the personal perceived safety visitors have 
when going to city parks. This research will focus on two city parks in Groningen, the 
‘Noorderplantsoen’ and ‘Stadspark’. An investigation in how the perceived personal safety is in these 
city parks and contributing factors are reached via literature review, quantitative data and qualitative 
data. Conducting questionnaires and interviews, the relation and correlation are tested between safety,
the independent variable, and the dependent variables, density, visual accessibility and physical 
accessibility. Results indicate a relation between safety, density, visual accessibility and physical 
accessibility. Also the direction of the relation, found with correlation, confirms that if safety increases,
then the density, visual and physical accessibility decrease. Concluding, in order to feel safe people 
prefer a low density, easy visual accessibility and an easy physical accessibility. Furthermore, external
factors such as the social dynamic, image of an area and time of visiting all contribute to the perceived 
personal safety.
date: 2020
pages: 27
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Osborne, T.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: T.Osborne@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Urban blue and green spaces perceived personal safety
keywords_local: city park
keywords_local: perceived personal safety
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-07-27
citation:   Vrancken, Eline  (2020) Investigation in how the personal perceived safety in city parks is influenced, by its characteristics, in the city Groningen.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3613/1/ElineVrancken_FinalThesis.pdf