Can Crime be tackled through Architecture / Planning
Can Crime be tackled through Architecture / City Planning A city structure has a lot to do with creating a naturally private territory and citizen-citizen surveillance. But with time, all the settlements have become extremely private, dark streets with minimal community interaction, and a lack of public involvement with the authority to regulate and enforce criminal activity- which makes it easier for a criminal mind.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a commonly-used term for designing the built environment to contribute to a sense of safety. The four elements of CPTED are: natural surveillance and visibility; lighting; territorial reinforcement and space delineation, and natural access control.
Every crime has an intent to it. But what motivates the intent is the ease of doing it.
CREATION OF NATURAL SURVEILLANCE BY THE NEIGHBOURS, RESIDENTS AND THE BY-PASSERS
INSTILLING A SENSE OF TERRITORIALITY
BUILDING COMMUNITIES WITHOUT SOCIAL ISOLATION
PROTECTING THE TARGET SPOTS OF CRIME
Orange People Project ts right there, by asking people of what crimes they encounter and at what place in their city. Many of the concepts of CPTED are part of the Indian tradition, though they may have been lost sight of in the course of urban evolution. With modi cations, standard urban planning can address the needs of community safety and policing much better.
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