De ruimtelijke verspreiding van CCTV in de publieke ruimte van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Since its introduction in the early 1990s in Brussels, open-street CCTV has grown both in scope and in its purpose. The camera network of the Belgian capital city has undergone successive waves of extension, gradually gaining ground both physically and ideologically. In this article, we propose to i...

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Main Authors: Pauline De Keersmaecker, Corentin Debailleul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB 2016-10-01
Series:Brussels Studies
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1428
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description Since its introduction in the early 1990s in Brussels, open-street CCTV has grown both in scope and in its purpose. The camera network of the Belgian capital city has undergone successive waves of extension, gradually gaining ground both physically and ideologically. In this article, we propose to investigate the geographical extension and distribution of open-street cameras in Brussels, as well as the underlying policies and rationale. We have produced a detailed map of the spatial distribution of open-street cameras at the scale of the city region. In addition to a spatial analysis, a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with public authorities and local police. The CCTV network in Brussels is entangled in a context of global city competition and the neoliberal governance of insecurity, which prompted us to consider the uptake of video surveillance in light of the local political economy.
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title De ruimtelijke verspreiding van CCTV in de publieke ruimte van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
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title_short De ruimtelijke verspreiding van CCTV in de publieke ruimte van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
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