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A köztéri biztonság és biztonságérzet meghatározó aspektusa a mindennapi komfortnak. A félelem érzete, a különböző percepciók és a tanult asszociációk (pl. ki, hol – mitől – kitől fél) torzíthatják a köztéri biztonságról alkotott képünket és nehezíthetik a megfelelő, méltányos (nem túlzó, nem kirekesztő) biztonsági intézkedések kiválasztását. A méltányosság különösen fontos, hiszen a köztér a demokrácia meghatározó helyszíne, többek szerint a fizikai manifesztációja, amit sem a teljesen kontrolálatlan közterek nem tudnak biztosítani, sem pedig a túlzott állami jelenlét, szabályozás nem tesz lehetővé. A térfigyelő kamerák olyan biztonsági intézkedésekben alkalmazott eszközök, amik folyamatosan növekvő népszerűségnek örvendenek a helyi politikában az elmúlt egy-két évtizedben. Számuk évről évre növekszik, azonban a jelentős állami támogatottságukat semmilyen átfogó hatásmérés nem igazolja Magyarországon. Jelen tanulmány célja, hogy a nemzetközi köztér-kutatásokba beágyazottan, néhány budapesti kerületre vonatkozó adat alapján rámutasson a kameratelepítések tudományos megalapozottságának a hiányára.
Security and a sense of security are both determining factors of everyday comfort. However, perceptions of fear and learnt associations (i.e., where and of what and whom one is afraid) may distort our perspective of urban security and may complicate the choice of reasonable security measures. Nonetheless, according to critical theorists, reasonability regarding to measures of security is crucial when it comes to public space, as public space is an indispensable component of democracy that cannot be maintained either without regulations or with its over-securitization and the excessive presence of the state. CCTV cameras have been one of the most widespread tools in international policy making that have been favoured especially in urban areas without critical reflection over the last couple of decades and continues to be a rarely questioned element of urban security strategies. Their numbers continue to grow, and their implementation enjoys significant national funds internationally—and in Hungary in particular—regardless of the lack of impact assessment that would support the burgeoning of this expensive tool. Embedded in the international public-space discourse, this paper aims to highlight some of the pitfalls of impact assessment analysis of CCTV installations by drawing on data from a few districts of Budapest. This study also aims to make some suggestions for the development of relevant impact assessment.
Security and a sense of security are both determining factors of everyday comfort. However, perceptions of fear and learnt associations (i.e., where and of what and whom one is afraid) may distort our perspective of urban security and may complicate the choice of reasonable security measures. Nonetheless, according to critical theorists, reasonability regarding to measures of security is crucial when it comes to public space, as public space is an indispensable component of democracy that cannot be maintained either without regulations or with its over-securitization and the excessive presence of the state. CCTV cameras have been one of the most widespread tools in international policy making that have been favoured especially in urban areas without critical reflection over the last couple of decades and continues to be a rarely questioned element of urban security strategies. Their numbers continue to grow, and their implementation enjoys significant national funds internationally—and in Hungary in particular—regardless of the lack of impact assessment that would support the burgeoning of this expensive tool. Embedded in the international public-space discourse, this paper aims to highlight some of the pitfalls of impact assessment analysis of CCTV installations by drawing on data from a few districts of Budapest. This study also aims to make some suggestions for the development of relevant impact assessment.
Translated title of the contribution | Public space - space control - public safety: Questions on the effectiveness of CCTV |
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Original language | Hungarian |
Pages (from-to) | 48-61 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Földrajzi Közlemények |
Volume | 146 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |