What Do People Talk About When They Talk About Experiencing Safety?

Brands, Jelle; Suojanen, Ilona; Doorn, Janne van

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42523-4_6

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“…On the other hand, people also have psychological needs that refer to having a sense of place, i.e., the need to know where one is and be able to orient oneself in the area. Brands et al [30] present findings revealing that people experience safety in urban environments when there is either an absence of negative features (e.g., dangers, threats, or feelings of fear) or the presence of positive aspects (e.g., feeling at ease, feeling free, feelings of familiarity). They also found that people feel safe in cities when they do not have to be alert or cautious; in other words, when they do not have to think about safety at all.…”

Section: Safe Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Safe City: A Study of Channels for Public Warnings for Emergency Communication in Finland, Germany, and Greece

Yli-Kauhaluoma,

Statheropoulos,

Zygmanowski

et al. 2023

MTI

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Public warning systems are an essential element of safe cities. However, the functionality of neither traditional nor digital emergency warnings is understood well enough from the perspective of citizens. This study examines smart city development from the perspective of safety by exploring citizens’ viewpoints. It investigates people’s perceptions of the ways in which they obtain warnings and information about emergencies involving health risks. Data were collected in the form of focus group interviews and semi-structured interviews in Finland, Germany, and Greece. The results suggest that people place a lot of trust in their social network, receiving text messages, and their ability to use web-based search engines in order to obtain public warnings. The study discusses the challenges identified by citizens in the use of conventional radio and television transmissions and sirens for public warnings. Based on the results, citizens demonstrate informed ignorance about existing mobile emergency applications. Our results imply that it is not sufficient to build emergency communication infrastructure: the development of smart, safe cities requires continuous work and the integration of both hard and soft infrastructure-oriented strategies, i.e., technological infrastructure development including digitalisation and education, advancement of knowledge, and participation of people. Both strategic aspects are essential to enable people to take advantage of novel digital applications in emergency situations.

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Section: Safe Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Safe City: A Study of Channels for Public Warnings for Emergency Communication in Finland, Germany, and Greece

Yli-Kauhaluoma,

Statheropoulos,

Zygmanowski

et al. 2023

MTI

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Contextual and multifactorial influence on perception of safety from crime among selected Malaysians

Ghani

Wahab

Ghazali

et al. 2022

IJRBS

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Despite official crime figures showing a continuous decline in the rate of crime, the perception of the high level of crime by many Malaysians suggests other factors are affecting their perception of safety from crime. The objective of this study is to identify and understand these factors through a qualitative study that employs online focus group discussions. This study argues that the perception of safety from crime is the result of interactions of a number of factors such as the experience of victimisation, crime information, neighbourhood conditions as well as the perception of law enforcement and government crime reduction policy. The sense of safety from crime is also contextual as it may fluctuate according to time, place, activities and situations. Analysis of the data from the focus group discussions found that participants generally have a high perception of safety from crime. However, participants felt less safe when they were in public places and when interacting with online services. In most circumstances, participants' sense of safety is affected by the pressure to be vigilant and to avoid criminal victimisation. This pressure is exacerbated by low-quality information on crime that is often received through social media. Crime information on social media has a significant impact on participants’ perceptions of crime. The overall analysis of the findings suggests that the most important factor which affects the perception of safety from crime among these selected Malaysians is their sense of safety in their homes and their neighbourhood. Hence, efforts to increase the sense of safety among Malaysians should focus on this context.

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What Do People Talk About When They Talk About Experiencing Safety?

Cited by 2 publications

References 31 publications

Safe City: A Study of Channels for Public Warnings for Emergency Communication in Finland, Germany, and Greece

Safe City: A Study of Channels for Public Warnings for Emergency Communication in Finland, Germany, and Greece

Contextual and multifactorial influence on perception of safety from crime among selected Malaysians

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