A Secure City: Social-psychological Aspects

Abstract

Cities with their suburbs have long become the subject to be studied by academic community. The city is a symbol of a society complexity. Various spatial factors of the city milieu can generate a feeling of insecurity. The paper investigates to what extent Yekaterinburg city residents find their city safe. The survey embraces one hundred and ten Yekaterinburg old- timers. The integrated image of the “safe city” includes the following factors: townspeople want to trust those who live in the same city; the city should possess protectability features and be seen as “home” by natives.