eprintid: 4548
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2024-07-04 12:28:50
lastmod: 2024-07-04 12:28:50
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Olling, S.D.
creators_id: S3691217
creators_email: s.d.olling3@gmail.com
title: Navigating public spaces: how urban design enforces fear in women and perpetuates gender-based spatial exclusion
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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
pages: 14
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Saleh, M.M.I.M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Spatial Planning & Design
tutors_email: Mohamed.Saleh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Spatial-exclusion
keywords_local: Feminist geography
keywords_local: Urban design
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-07-04
comment: The participants indicated that the information given is allowed to be public.
citation:   Olling, S.D.  (2024) Navigating public spaces: how urban design enforces fear in women and perpetuates gender-based spatial exclusion.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4548/1/Bachelor-Thesis-S.D.Olling.pdf