Abstract
Cities People Places journal is the official journal associated with the ‘Cities People & Places’ (ICCPP) Annual Conference being organized by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Two ICCPP conferences were held in Colombo in 2013 and 2014 and these have established the event as a credible academic endeavor that can bring together academics and practitioners in the fields of urban design, architecture and allied arts. By generating a mass and diversity of knowledge on urban spaces, people and places in cities, the conference is contributing to a greater understanding of cities and urban settlement systems in the modern world. This publication consolidates the development of this knowledge to be made available to a wider spectrum of academics and practitioners.
Highlights
Cities are the cradle of civilization and have been encompassing its growth, development and progress through its composition and fabric
We argue that social positions characterized by powerlessness and by the threat of victimization and exploitation tend to produce paranoia
Like how to keep safe yet preserving the culture and essence of the society too? Or how to creatively build into the fabric of the city, design elements to secure without changing the traditions or patterns of livings. \Can these design elements which are used to combat fear and terror be made part of the society without contributing to the environment of fear? There may be many more questions like these, which can help better shape the city and the lives of its people, keeping their lives safe without essentially harming the core and heart of its society
Summary
Cities are the cradle of civilization and have been encompassing its growth, development and progress through its composition and fabric. This kind of constant fear and terror leaves a lasting impression on the society in terms of built destruction (due to terror) to the fabric of the city and a psychological impact on the society in the form of behaviour pattern of movement and living trends. There had been no studies (so far) which directly prove the relation of terror and the built fabric, especially in the eastern countries where the social structure and hierarchy varies from the west, the response of the society to violence and terror may differ In this regard this study is integral but unique in terms of the its mapping, methodology and analysis. Both communities have lived in harmony till certain external forces, such as the Anti-Ahmadi movement which started in February 1953 (Weiss, 1986; Saeed, 2012), the Islamic revolution in Iran, 1979 and the reaction of the Arab world (Pant, 2009; Hussain, 1993) destabilized this coherence and gave birth to current forms of religious intolerance
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