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Paper: eres2013_196
| Paper title: | Setting the Neighbourhood on Fire: On Socio-Economic and Economic Impacts on Malicious Fire |
| Authors: | Bohman, Helena |
| Summary: | Purpose - Malmö city has experienced several waves of fire outbursts between 1990-2008, severely affecting both property owners and inhabitants of some neighbourhoods. The purpose is to analyze the socio-economic patterns underlying sudden outbursts of malicious fires in Malmö.Design/methodology/approach - Statistical/GIS-based methods on neighbourhood data.Findings - The most prominent and stable variable explaining the number of fires is the number of youths in an area. However, the socio-economic characteristics of the area are important, since the number of youths only seem to explain the outbursts in areas with a certain level of distress. Specifically, the education level but also crowdedness in the area seem to be important risk factors. Practical implications: The study if part of a project undertaken together with the municipality, contributing to local policies. The findings suggest relevant indicators for forestalling similar incidents.Originality/value - The study contributes to the literature primarily in terms of testing criminological theories in a geographic/urban setting. It also develops methodology by focusing on the geographic context. |
| Type: | paper session |
| Year of publication: | 2013 |
| Keywords: | Urban fires, Socio-economic factors, Arson, Copper fires, Juvenile delinquency |
| Series: | ERES:conference |
| Download paper: | http://library.eres.org/cgi-bin/rsa98.pl?conf=ERES2013&type=session&theme=L&slot=5702 |
| Citation: | Bohman, Helena (2013). Setting the Neighbourhood on Fire: On Socio-Economic and Economic Impacts on Malicious Fire . 20th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference in Vienna, Austria, http://itc.scix.net/paper/eres2013_196 |
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