“Vacant lot greening was estimated to reduce total crime and multiple subcategories in both the quasi-experimental and experimental evaluations. Remediating vacant lots had a smaller effect on reducing crime when they were located nearby train stations and alcohol outlets. The crime reductions from vacant lot remediations were larger when they were located near areas of active businesses. There is some suggestive evidence that the effects of vacant lot greening are larger when located in neighborhoods with higher pre-intervention levels of social cohesion.”
Reducing Crime by Remediating Vacant Lots: The Moderating Effect of Nearby Land Uses
John Macdonald, Viet Nguyen, Shane T. Jensen & Charles C. Branas (January 2021)
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