undertaking the design task with a significant amount of participation and shared ownership of the creative and decision-making process with the of buildings, streets or malls. owners and users CPTED - facing the future I’ve argued that CPTED must lose historical baggage, and update in several ways. But, as with all crime prevention, the task of progress doesn’t cease when we arrive at the present day. Society is always changing now, faster than ever. CPTED must thus pursue a moving target, and become – adaptable itself. itself is changing new tools and new targets constantly emerge (Ekblom 1997, 2005b). – Society has changing We now look for sustainability, low energy solutions, resilience of priorities. buildings to climate shift, and to terrorism. The balance between privacy and freedom versus security continually alters. We also have a changing for crime on all scales. This generates context new crime threats but also new crime prevention opportunities: – There are always new uses for land. What was industrial land may become residential or service-oriented. With wireless connection comes an increasing blur between products, places and systems. Intelligent will link to the Internet and possess multimodal security systems less prone to false alarms. The balance between automobiles and public transport will keep shifting. Cameraphones are changing the nature of informal on the street’. ‘eyes New building materials will arrive sensitive, resilient, they will digest graffiti or even – chewing gum! CPTED reconstruction begins – To reconstruct CPTED to be both practically useful and academically enriching is challenging. This is best taken in stages. There follow two illustrations of how to proceed neither is finalised, – and constructive debate is welcome. One is my attempt so far to develop a new definition and statement of scope for CPTED. The other is an endeavour to redefine territoriality. Redefining CPTED My proposed definition encompasses the range of issues covered above. CPTED is: Reducing the possibility, probability and harm from criminal and related events, and enhancing the quality of life through community safety Through the processes of planning and design of the environment On a range of scales and types of place, from individual buildings and interiors to wider landscapes, neighbourhoods and cities To produce designs that are 'fit for purpose’, contextually appropriate in all other respects and not led’ ‘vulnerability Whilst achieving a balance between the efficiency of avoiding problems construction before and the of tackling them through subsequent management and maintenance adaptability
undertaking the design task with a significant amount of participation and shared ownership of the creative and decision-making process with the owners and users of buildings, streets or malls. CPTED - facing the future I’ve argued that CPTED must lose historical baggage, and update in several ways. But, as with all crime prevention, the task of progress doesn’t cease when we arrive at the present day. Society is always changing – now, faster than ever. CPTED must thus pursue a moving target, and become adaptable itself. itself is changing – new tools and new targets constantly emerge (Ekblom 1997, 2005b). Society has changing priorities. We now look for sustainability, low energy solutions, resilience of buildings to climate shift, and to terrorism. The balance between privacy and freedom versus security continually alters. We also have a changing context for crime on all scales. This generates new crime threats – but also new crime prevention opportunities: There are always new uses for land. What was industrial land may become residential or service-oriented. With wireless connection comes an increasing blur between products, places and systems. Intelligent will link to the Internet and possess multimodal security systems less prone to false alarms. The balance between automobiles and public transport will keep shifting. Cameraphones are changing the nature of informal ‘eyes on the street’. New building materials will arrive – sensitive, resilient, they will digest graffiti or even chewing gum! CPTED – reconstruction begins To reconstruct CPTED to be both practically useful and academically enriching is challenging. This is best taken in stages. There follow two illustrations of how to proceed – neither is finalised, and constructive debate is welcome. One is my attempt so far to develop a new definition and statement of scope for CPTED. The other is an endeavour to redefine territoriality. Redefining CPTED My proposed definition encompasses the range of issues covered above. CPTED is: Reducing the possibility, probability and harm from criminal and related events, and enhancing the quality of life through community safety Through the processes of planning and design of the environment On a range of scales and types of place, from individual buildings and interiors to wider landscapes, neighbourhoods and cities To produce designs that are 'fit for purpose’, contextually appropriate in all other respects and not ‘vulnerability led’ Whilst achieving a balance between the efficiency of avoiding problems before construction and the adaptability of tackling them through subsequent management and maintenance
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