The perception of the insecurity in the city of Coimbra

Authors

  • Ana Maria Cortez Vaz Mestre em Geografia Humana, Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento, pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Cristina Faria Barros Mestre em Geografia Humana, Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento, pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
  • João Luís Jesus Fernandes Departamento de Geografia e Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (CEGOT). Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0871-1623_31_17

Keywords:

Perception of Geography, Geography of (In) Security, Topophilia / topophobia, Urban Crime

Abstract

The most recent statistics point to the increased sense of insecurity in Portugal. This will be more visible in cities leading to the construction of urban areas more fragmented under the terms of social and economic that creates, almost always, a city more uncomfortable and less reliable.
The New Cultural Geography looks at the relationship between people and  spaces, and how these images influence behavior and territoriality of populations. The mental image of a territory derives from reviews from friends, family, neighbors and the messages conveyed by media ranging from cases involving crime and violence in certain places.
This paper analyzes the results of surveys carried out to a world population of the city of Coimbra that analyzes the image of (in) security of the city and how this population conditioned the relevant technical territoriality to this perception.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2012-09-01

Issue

No. 30-31 (2012): Cadernos de Geografia n. 30-31

Section

Outros

License

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with recognition of authorship and initial publication in Antropologia Portuguesa journal.