Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the physical state of a house and characteristics of its residents targeting at one-room type house in urban-type housing, which is a typical housing type for single-person households, and to analyze whether the two factors affect the fear of crime in housing for single-person households. Method: The research method conducted a survey of single-person households living in urban-type housing and utilized 170 effective copies for data analysis. Data were analyzed through SPSS 23.0 Statistical Program and a fear of crime survey scale was investigated by a five-point Likert scale. The survey contents included social and demographic characteristics of residents, housing characteristics, physical state of houses, and fear of crime in each space. Result: In summary, male had more characteristics of a single-person living in a one-room house than female and the proportion of people in their 20s was high. They also preferred small-sized house and chose traffic environment as an important factor in selecting a house. As the physical state of one-room housing, more than 80% of the lighting was installed for frequently used spaces by residents while spaces used by some residents such as rooftop and parking lot had poor lighting installations. Different ages and occupations showed different levels of space utilization and fear of crime, and it is deemed that CPTED plan should be applied by considering the degree of utilization of space and time of returning home. In case of the space in front of elevators on first floor and inside the elevators, there was less fear of crime in houses with corridors than houses without corridors. Finally, in case of building door control system at night, the password entry system had higher fear of crime than other entry systems.
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