According to “safer cities” guideline, “safety and security are considered as an emerging phenomenon in city development strategies” (UNDOC, 2016). Risks and challenges threaten cities, jeopardize city-dwellers as well as structural foundations of communities while enhancing vulnerability and fragility of them. Many cities across the globe are being undermined by a multitude of risks that impress their safety and security aspects from national to local level. The role of natural green areas on restraining parts of environmental or human-made challenges has been highlighted. However, the question that is brought up at this research is that “does the natural and built up environment have the effectual role on safety perception?” or “which characteristics of natural environment could stimulate the reasons of creation of violence and criminology on urban spaces?” The objective of the research is to determine the role of urban green areas including parks and open spaces and characteristics of vegetation design on the level of safety perception by park users. Conducted methodology of this research is mixed methods approaches (multi-methods) including qualitative and quantitative methods. Analytic data is assembled through questionnaire, field observation as well as spatial data analysis utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS). This study commences with researching into the existing link between characteristics of the natural environment, vegetation greenery and direct results of their implementation on level of safety perception, which follows with general description of both phenomena, reviewing several theories as well as analyzing of different case studies as a reaching point of guidelines for safety of urban parks with deeper concentration on indicators of safety perception on Bibiloteca degli di Alberi di Milano (BAM), ended with results on analysis of safety indicators in response of positive and negative impacts of implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) on safety of the environment.
Secondo la linea guida "città più sicure", "la sicurezza è considerata un fenomeno emergente nelle strategie di sviluppo della città" (UNDOC, 2016). I rischi e le sfide minacciano le città, mettono a repentaglio gli abitanti delle città e le basi strutturali delle comunità, migliorandone al contempo la vulnerabilità e la fragilità. Molte città in tutto il mondo vengono minate da una moltitudine di rischi che colpiscono i loro aspetti di sicurezza a livello nazionale e locale. È stato messo in evidenza il ruolo delle aree verdi naturali nel limitare parti di sfide ambientali o umane. Tuttavia, la domanda che viene sollevata in questa ricerca è che "l'ambiente naturale e costruito ha un ruolo efficace sulla percezione della sicurezza?" o "quali caratteristiche dell'ambiente naturale potrebbero stimolare le ragioni della creazione di violenza e criminologia negli spazi urbani?" L'obiettivo della ricerca è determinare il ruolo delle aree verdi urbane inclusi i parchi e gli spazi aperti e le caratteristiche della progettazione della vegetazione a livello di percezione della sicurezza da parte degli utenti del parco. La metodologia condotta di questa ricerca consiste in approcci a metodi misti (multi-metodi) inclusi metodi qualitativi e quantitativi. I dati analitici vengono raccolti attraverso questionari, osservazioni sul campo e analisi dei dati spaziali utilizzando il sistema di informazione geografica (GIS). Questo studio inizia con la ricerca del legame esistente tra le caratteristiche dell'ambiente naturale, il verde della vegetazione e i risultati diretti della loro implementazione sul livello di percezione della sicurezza, che segue la descrizione generale di entrambi i fenomeni, rivedendo diverse teorie e analizzando diversi casi di studio come punto di riferimento per le linee guida per la sicurezza dei parchi urbani con una maggiore concentrazione sugli indicatori della percezione della sicurezza sulla Bibiloteca degli Alberi di Milano (BAM), si è concluso con i risultati sull'analisi degli indicatori di sicurezza in risposta agli impatti positivi e negativi dell'implementazione basata sulla natura Soluzioni (NBS) sulla sicurezza dell'ambiente.
Safer green cities. A study about vegetation impacts on perception of safety in green spaces. Case study : Biblioteca degli Alberi di Milano (BAM)
Hosseinalizadeh Alamdari, Saghar
2019/2020
Abstract
According to “safer cities” guideline, “safety and security are considered as an emerging phenomenon in city development strategies” (UNDOC, 2016). Risks and challenges threaten cities, jeopardize city-dwellers as well as structural foundations of communities while enhancing vulnerability and fragility of them. Many cities across the globe are being undermined by a multitude of risks that impress their safety and security aspects from national to local level. The role of natural green areas on restraining parts of environmental or human-made challenges has been highlighted. However, the question that is brought up at this research is that “does the natural and built up environment have the effectual role on safety perception?” or “which characteristics of natural environment could stimulate the reasons of creation of violence and criminology on urban spaces?” The objective of the research is to determine the role of urban green areas including parks and open spaces and characteristics of vegetation design on the level of safety perception by park users. Conducted methodology of this research is mixed methods approaches (multi-methods) including qualitative and quantitative methods. Analytic data is assembled through questionnaire, field observation as well as spatial data analysis utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS). This study commences with researching into the existing link between characteristics of the natural environment, vegetation greenery and direct results of their implementation on level of safety perception, which follows with general description of both phenomena, reviewing several theories as well as analyzing of different case studies as a reaching point of guidelines for safety of urban parks with deeper concentration on indicators of safety perception on Bibiloteca degli di Alberi di Milano (BAM), ended with results on analysis of safety indicators in response of positive and negative impacts of implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) on safety of the environment.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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