Associations between violent crime inside and outside, air temperature, urban heat island magnitude and urban green space.

ABSTRACT: There are more incidents of violence in summer and on hot days, a trend likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Urban areas experience additional temperature modulation due to the urban form, however, to date, no studies have considered the effect of the urban heat island (UHI) or green space with respect to the temperature-violence relationship. This study modelled the relationship between the number of daily violent crime incidents that occurred inside or outside between July 2013 and June 2018, and the average surface UHI or percentage greencover (including grasses, shrubs and trees) within each local government area in Greater Sydney, Australia. Panelised negative binomial time series regression models indicated that the violent crime rate was associated with higher surface UHI for

SUBMITTER: Stevens HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963557 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature