relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4548/
title: Navigating public spaces: how urban design enforces fear in women and perpetuates gender-based spatial exclusion
creator: Olling, S.D.
description: This thesis investigates the effect of physical elements on the safety perceptions of women between the ages of 18 and 30 and how this leads to gender-based spatial exclusion in the inner city of Groningen. Through analysis of existing studies combined with an on-site focus group interview supplemented by expert insights, it was found that visibility, lighting, level of entrapment and the state of the area are the main physical indicators of whether a place is safe; other important factors include the identity, behavior and number of the people present as well as the time of day, which serves to increase the effects of all indicators when it is nighttime. For future research, it is necessary to investigate the combined effects of physical alterations to a space in combination with specific policies centered around the safety of women, as well as spatial injustice and the influences of media on the policy domain.
date: 2024
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4548/1/Bachelor-Thesis-S.D.Olling.pdf
identifier:   Olling, S.D.  (2024) Navigating public spaces: how urban design enforces fear in women and perpetuates gender-based spatial exclusion.  Bachelor thesis.