To fear or not to fear? Exploring the temporality of topophobia in urban environments

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMGRClanky/10361-Volume_28_Issue_4_Paper_7.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMGRClanky/10361-Volume_28_Issue_4_Paper_7.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2020-0023" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2020-0023</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

To fear or not to fear? Exploring the temporality of topophobia in urban environments

Original language description

The concept of topophobia has been known in Geography for decades. Places which evoke fear in people’s minds can be found in almost every city. The perception of fear within an urban environment shows a certain spatio-temporal concentration and is often represented by fear of crime. The meaning of topophobic places, however, derived from the experience of fear of crime changes over time, and thus can alter the usual patterns of population behaviours in relation to time (in the time of the day and over longer periods) and space. A spatio-temporal understanding of these changes is therefore crucial for local decision-makers. Using data from the Czech Republic, this paper deals with the analysis of topophobic places, and is based on an empirical survey of the inhabitants of four cities, using the concept of mental mapping. In contrast to most similar geographical studies, the paper emphasises the temporal dimension of the fear of crime. The results have shown that over time there are significant differences in the meanings of topophobic places, and they have demonstrated the necessity of taking local specifics into account. The paper shows how the intensity of and the reasons for fears vary, depending on time and place. In general, the results provide support for the idea of place as a process and contain useful information for spatial planning and policy in urban areas.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50702 - Urban studies (planning and development)

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL02000556" target="_blank" >TL02000556: Innovation of crime prevention in cities of Olomouc region based on mapping of localities of crime fear</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

308-321

UT code for WoS article

000607593300007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85099914845