Safety in public space : Exploring solutions around Tensta Centrum

Sammanfattning: Public transport is widely used in Stockholm which means that the flow of people in the open spaces close to public transport nodes will always exist. Public safety is a social factor that are important for social sustainability and for people spending time in open spaces. Surroundings, media, and history have given Tensta a predetermined poor reputation as a troubled Swedish area with high crime and low education. This area needs a new way of thinking about the link between people interaction and public space design. If it is possible to create a space where everyone can feel safe, it would make the area more livable.   Public safety is understood, in this study, as the way people feel about safety and crime related topics around Tensta centrum. The aim is to look at the physical environment to propose suggestions to how the sense of public safety can be enhanced in Tensta centrum. Because of this, the link between citizen opinions and actor opinions will be studied to see where this situation stems from.   Findings show that citizens and actors think similarly about what needs to be done in the area. Citizens tend to feel like the city is not caring for Tensta because they are not seeing any changes while actors are more positive towards the future of Tensta. The problem is the communication between citizen and actor. There are many activities that are present in Tensta that citizens do not know about.