Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

marchas exploratorias de seguridad

English translation:

Safety Audit Walks

Added to glossary by Adriana de Groote
Apr 14, 2010 04:58
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

marchas exploratorias de seguridad

Spanish to English Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Urban Spaces
Se trata de un documento chileno sobre "espacios urbanos seguros" y es parte del subtítulo "Herramientas de diagnóstico". El contexto es el siguiente:

"ii) Marchas Exploratorias de Seguridad (MES):
El objetivo de este instrumento es evaluar la
sensación de seguridad de las personas en
determinados espacios. Se realiza mediante un
recorrido en terreno de los lugares a ser
evaluados con miembros de la comunidad y la
utilización de un cuestionario que los
participantes deben responder durante éste.
Permite obtener impresiones de primera fuente
y analizar las variables que inciden en la
inseguridad sentida por las personas, tales
como estructuras físicas y actitudes personales,
entre otras."

Gracias de antemano por sus aportes.

Proposed translations

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community safety walk OR community safety audit walk

This seems to be the most commonly used expression

see:
The Department of Community Safety is to conduct a community safety audit walk about at Alexandra police station.
Safety audits are designed to identify and develop responses to the daily crime threats confronting women and children in their daily lives and to use this information to improve safety services by holding government departments responsible for improving women and child safety.
http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2010/10010811351002.htm

community safety walk

Once a year, Protection Services organizes a safety walk to check out the physical security of the University of Ottawa’s campuses. All members of the University community (students, professors and employees) are invited, on a designated evening, to walk through the campuses identifying weaknesses in infrastructures: lack of lighting, isolated areas, bushes where an aggressor could hide or drag his or her victim, etc.
http://www.protection.uottawa.ca/en/safety-walk.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Bubo Coroman (X) : community safety walk-about (as per your first reference)
2 hrs
thanks Deborah, I did find that expression used quite a few times but not as commonly as just "walk".
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Muchas gracias a todos por su ayuda. Al fin decidí poner "Safety Audit Walks""
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exploratory safety walks

I'm not sure I understood your context, but here's my stab at it.

Possibly walk-throughs?

Example:

Exploratory Walks, Safety and security walks, Experiences – Examples. Exploratory walks were created in Montreal, Canada by METRAC2 as a part of preventive ...
www.fesu.org/index.php?id=1594

Peer comment(s):

agree Juan Vilca : exploratory safety walks sound good enough
4 mins
Thanks, Juan!
agree Remy Arce : Yes, see also http://www.fesu.org/fileadmin/efus/secutopics/audits___metho...
9 mins
Thanks, Remy!
agree Victoria Frazier
11 hrs
Thanks, Victoria!
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