Using remote sensing to assess the relationship between crime and the urban layout

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dc.citation.journalTitleAPPLIED GEOGRAPHY
dc.contributor.authorPatino, Jorge E.spa
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Juan C.spa
dc.contributor.authorPardo-Pascual, Josep E.spa
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Luis A.spa
dc.contributor.departmentUniversidad EAFIT. Departamento de Economía y Finanzasspa
dc.contributor.researchgroupResearch in Spatial Economics (RISE)eng
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-12T14:26:14Z
dc.date.available2021-04-12T14:26:14Z
dc.date.issued2014-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe link between place and crime is at the base of social ecology theories of crime that focus in the relationship of the characteristics of geographical areas and crime rates. The broken windows theory states that visible cues of physical and social disorder in a neighborhood can lead to an increase in more serious crime. The crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) planning approach seeks to deter criminal behavior by creating defensible spaces. Based on the premise that a settlement's appearance is a reflection of the society, we ask whether a neighborhood's design has a quantifiable imprint when seen from space using urban fabric descriptors computed from very high spatial-resolution imagery. We tested which land cover, structure and texture descriptors were significantly related to intra-urban homicide rates in Medellin, Colombia, while controlling for socioeconomic confounders. The percentage of impervious surfaces other than clay roofs, the fraction of clay roofs to impervious surfaces, two structure descriptors related to the homogeneity of the urban layout, and the uniformity texture descriptor were all statistically significant. Areas with higher homicide rates tended to have higher local variation and less general homogeneity; that is, the urban layouts were more crowded and cluttered, with small dwellings with different roofing materials located in close proximity to one another, and these regions often lacked other homogeneous surfaces such as open green spaces, wide roads, or large facilities. These results seem to be in agreement with the broken windows theory and CPTED in the sense that more heterogeneous and disordered urban layouts are associated with higher homicide rates. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.eng
dc.identifierhttps://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=1547
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03055698.2012.724353
dc.identifier.issn01436228
dc.identifier.issn18737730
dc.identifier.otherWOS;000321812500002
dc.identifier.otherSCOPUS;2-s2.0-84880401062
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/28022
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84907743864&doi=10.1016%2fj.apgeog.2014.08.016&partnerID=40&md5=2221d218862a690919c8b82ebc70ab89
dc.rightshttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0143-6228
dc.sourceAPPLIED GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject.keywordcrimeeng
dc.subject.keywordimage resolutioneng
dc.subject.keywordimageryeng
dc.subject.keywordland covereng
dc.subject.keywordneighborhoodeng
dc.subject.keywordremote sensingeng
dc.subject.keywordurban areaeng
dc.subject.keywordAntioquia [Colombia]eng
dc.subject.keywordColombiaeng
dc.subject.keywordMedellineng
dc.titleUsing remote sensing to assess the relationship between crime and the urban layouteng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
dc.typepublishedVersioneng
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