%0 Journal Article
%T Gendered sense of safety and coping strategies in public places: a study in Atatürk Meydanı of Izmir
%J International journal of architectural research
%D 2022
%A Şenol, Fatma
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X PURPOSE A threatened sense of safety in public spaces is a problem for liveable communities. For better public policies, this study investigates multi-dimensional and multi-scalar aspects of gendered perceived safety and strategies by women and men in daily public spaces. <br><br>DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A face-to-face survey with 40 men and 50 women in a public space (Izmir, Turkey) is deployed. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis compare participants' perceptions of and strategies for safety across the city, neighbourhood and the study site. <br><br>FINDINGS Their experienced-based familiarities in public places increase women's perceived safety. As safety strategies, different place-based and gendered-preconditions appear for women and men going "outside" especially "alone" (i.e. unaccompanied). Reaffirming female vulnerability in public places, gendered preconditions include individuals' attributes. Of place-based preconditions, crowd and police are significant mechanisms for safety but emphasized differently by women and men. Housewives' female companionship in the study site develops a class- and gender-based claim for a safe place away from their underserved neighbourhood. Practical implications Gendered- and place preconditions for women's safety can inform design policies about surveillance and permeability of public spaces. Lack of data about class-based differences about perceived safety is a limitation. <br><br>ORIGINALITY/VALUE Among a few, it takes perceived safety as performative acts with learned strategies across (rather than momentary perceptions in) socio-spatial spaces and provides a research framework that considers such acts with individual and spatial dimensions across multiple socio-spatial scales.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Aga Khan Trust for Culture
%@ 1938-7806
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-08-2021-0213