Impact of Environmental Design in Interception of Crime

Nancy Goyal

doi:10.47191/ijcsrr/v4-i5-06

Abstract

Crime has become one among the most important issues in cities round the world. This issue has given rise to varied issues in terms of worry of crime and has become a significant disturbance for residents in urban areas. Crimes like devastation, terrorism, burglary, shoplifting, employee theft, assault, and espionage endanger lives and threaten the built environment. This has subsequently led to the need for crime prevention action to be taken. Architectural and urban designs that take into account safety from crime, and security against criminal damage or terrorism is what termed as security designs, which mainly focuses on the specific element of security and crime prevention that relates to the physical opportunity for victimization, damage and harm. By improving environmental design, it can be prevented to some extent. This paper includes the outline of ways like, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), defensible space, and building security. This paper also includes about the creating of safe cities, safe work environments, and safe places to live and play. The main aim of this paper is to know how the crime prevention methods could be linked more closely to developments in architecture and design. This approach to a security design recognizes the intended use of space in building and is totally different from traditional security practice, which focuses on denying access to a crime target with barrier techniques.

Highlights

These days, crime, workplace abuse, defense, and terrorism are all the rage
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the security and urban design fields have been faced with new challenges in designing, redesigning, retrofitting and renovating buildings as well as operating them to ensure the health, protection, and wellbeing of residents, tourists, and the general public
The most reliable and tested approach to achieving the objective of balancing protection with design decisions is known as the crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) environmental design model or the defensible spaces

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Introduction

These days, crime, workplace abuse, defense, and terrorism are all the rage. Architectural features, and security technology must be incorporated and merged into a balanced holistic approach by the urban planner. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the security and urban design fields have been faced with new challenges in designing, redesigning, retrofitting and renovating buildings as well as operating them to ensure the health, protection, and wellbeing of residents, tourists, and the general public. The most reliable and tested approach to achieving the objective of balancing protection with design decisions is known as the CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) environmental design model or the defensible spaces. By incorporating and merging security principles with architectural elements and security technologies, these CPTED concepts will create a balanced holistic solution

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