Planning, crime and urban sustainability

Globally, the environmental movement has played a pivotal role in influencing the development of sustainability. Increasingly, urban sustainability is seen a new large-scale vision to guide the planning agenda for the twenty-first century. However, a review of the literature clearly indicates that c...

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Main Author: Cozens, Paul
Other Authors: A.G. Kungolos
Format: Book Chapter
Published: WIT Press 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29905
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description Globally, the environmental movement has played a pivotal role in influencing the development of sustainability. Increasingly, urban sustainability is seen a new large-scale vision to guide the planning agenda for the twenty-first century. However, a review of the literature clearly indicates that crime and fear of crime can seriously undermine the broader aims of urban sustainability. Furthermore, analysts tend to focus on levels of recorded crime, largely ignoring the crucial and arguably more important dimension of citizens' fear of crime and their perceptions of their local environment. This paper provides recommendations for integrating crime and fear of crime within urban sustainability. It also proposes that 'designing out crime', represents a vital tool for assisting in the development of urban sustainability.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-299052022-11-21T05:19:41Z Planning, crime and urban sustainability Cozens, Paul A.G. Kungolos C.A. Brebbia E. Beriatos Designing Out Crime Crime and Fear of Crime Urban Sustainability Crime Prevention Through - Environmental Design (CPTED) Globally, the environmental movement has played a pivotal role in influencing the development of sustainability. Increasingly, urban sustainability is seen a new large-scale vision to guide the planning agenda for the twenty-first century. However, a review of the literature clearly indicates that crime and fear of crime can seriously undermine the broader aims of urban sustainability. Furthermore, analysts tend to focus on levels of recorded crime, largely ignoring the crucial and arguably more important dimension of citizens' fear of crime and their perceptions of their local environment. This paper provides recommendations for integrating crime and fear of crime within urban sustainability. It also proposes that 'designing out crime', represents a vital tool for assisting in the development of urban sustainability. 2007 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29905 WIT Press restricted
spellingShingle Designing Out Crime
Crime and Fear of Crime
Urban Sustainability
Crime Prevention Through - Environmental Design (CPTED)
Cozens, Paul
Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title_full Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title_fullStr Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title_full_unstemmed Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title_short Planning, crime and urban sustainability
title_sort planning, crime and urban sustainability
topic Designing Out Crime
Crime and Fear of Crime
Urban Sustainability
Crime Prevention Through - Environmental Design (CPTED)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29905