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 fits 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 modifications, standard

urban planning can address the needs of community safety and policing much better.