Yao Lu

This study examines the relationships among crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), sustainable management, and residents’ perceived quality of the living environment in urban regeneration areas of Changchun, China. A field survey conducted from April to June 2026 yielded 710 valid questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test an integrated framework linking second-generation CPTED, first-generation CPTED, sustainable management, and perceived living-environment quality. Community cohesion, community activity, and social trust were significantly associated with first-generation CPTED spatial conditions, while natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance were positively associated with sustainable management. Bootstrap analysis confirmed significant indirect effects of all four spatial constructs through sustainable management. The direct-path comparison showed that none of the four additional direct associations were statistically significant, and the inclusion of these paths did not significantly improve overall model fit. Nevertheless, all four indirect effects through sustainable management remained statistically significant. These findings highlight sustainable management as an important intermediate component linking CPTED-related spatial conditions with residents’ evaluations of regenerated neighborhoods.

Based on the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) framework, this study explored the psychological spillover mechanism through which tourism experiences in Museum Agglomeration Areas (MAAs) enhance city image and influence behavioral intentions. Structural equation modeling (SEM) based on survey data yielded several key findings. First, information visibility, content visibility, and the quality of amenities and the operational environment played critical roles in shaping tourists’ internal states, including perceived experiential value, affective response, immersion, and satisfaction. In addition, the social atmosphere emerged as an important factor in enriching these evaluations. Second, accessibility and connectivity were identified as factors that reduce friction along the visitor journey, thereby enhancing experiential continuity and immersion. Third, experiential value and immersion were found to be the primary mediators among the internal-state variables, transmitting the effects of environmental stimuli to city-level perceptions and behavioral intentions, such as revisit and recommendation intentions. These findings suggest that the competitiveness of MAAs lies not merely in spatial agglomeration itself but also in their ability to provide engaging and meaningful content, maintain safe and enjoyable operational environments, and develop integrated circulation and information systems. By conceptualizing MAAs as sites of district-scale tourism experiences, this study extends the application of the S–O–R framework to a multi-site urban cultural context and clarifies how differentiated internal states mediate the spillover from district experience to city-level perceptions and behavioral intentions. Rather than proposing a fundamentally new theoretical framework, the study offers a context-specific refinement of the organism layer and provides empirically grounded implications for design and operational strategies in culturally clustered urban districts.

This study examined the relationship between urban spatial hierarchy and crime rates in Busan using space syntax. This research study investigated the correlation between crime frequency and Busan’s urban space structure. The findings are as follows. Crime concentrated in areas near downtown Busan. High-control and globally integrated areas showed a strong link between city center crimes and spatial usage patterns and pedestrian routes. A weak positive correlation was found between Busan’s urban spatial hierarchy and crime frequency, indicating that urban spatial hierarchy influences crime patterns. However, the regression model’s independent variables had low explanatory power for the dependent variable, suggesting external factors influence crime occurrence beyond urban spatial hierarchy. This study provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between crime incidence and urban spatial structure in Busan, serving as essential data for future crime prevention policies.