The Safe City
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The Safe City
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Author : Peter M.J. Pol
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-09-10
The Safe City written by Peter M.J. Pol and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-10 with Science categories.
First published in 2006, as numerous local authorities of European cities invest in the attractiveness of their urban areas in the hope of attracting new inhabitants and economic activities, safety has become a topical subject. Perceived safety is a major factor in a city's attractiveness and fear of crime can have a large impact on location decisions, with ensuing economic consequences. This book examines the role of security in urban development and its local policy implications. Comparing eleven European cities, it analyses how actual and perceived security is evolving, and what the economic, social and spatial consequences are of a changing perceived security. While crime has decreased in eight of the eleven cities, fear of crime has increased in all of them. This book discusses the factors influencing this fear, including the role of the media, the quality and maintenance of the built environment, socio-economic inequality and terrorism.
Safe Cities
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Author : Gerda R. Wekerle
language : en
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold
Release Date : 1995
Safe Cities written by Gerda R. Wekerle and has been published by New York ; Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Architecture categories.
Ordinary people are natural experts on safety in their own communities. The key to creating a city where people feel safe is to give citizens input into developing safer environments for themselves. This book offers a set of easy-to-follow guidelines - well illustrated with photos - that can be used to improve urban safety. It also includes success stories on the ways that ordinary people, working in partnership with local governments and agencies have taken the initiative to fight back against violent crime in public housing, transit, parks and open places, underground parking, schools, houses and neighbourhoods.
The Safe City
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Author : Leo van den Berg
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2006
The Safe City written by Leo van den Berg and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
Perceived safety is a major factor in a city's attractiveness and fear of crime can have a large impact on location decisions, with ensuing economic consequences. This book examines the role of security in urban development and its local policy implications. Comparing eleven European cities, it analyses how actual and perceived security is evolving, and what the economic, social and spatial consequences are of a changing perceived security.
Building Inclusive Cities
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Author : Carolyn Whitzman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
Building Inclusive Cities written by Carolyn Whitzman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Architecture categories.
Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds theory around a rights based approach to women's safety in the context of poverty reduction and social inclusion. Drawing upon two decades of research and grassroots action on safer cities for women and everyone, this book is about the right to an inclusive city. The first part of the book describes the challenges that women face regarding access to essential services, housing security, liveability and mobility. The second part of the book critically examines programs, projects and ideas that are working to make cities safer. Building Inclusive Cities takes a cross-cultural learning perspective from action research occurring throughout the world and translates this research into theoretical conceptualizations to inform the literature on planning and urban management in both developing and developed countries. This book is intended to inspire both thought and action.
The Safe City
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Author : Joseph Pelton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-05-04
The Safe City written by Joseph Pelton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-04 with categories.
The Safe City: Living Free in a Dangerous World We are today investing billion in urban security and hundreds of millions more in training first responders for 21st century urban challenges. But are we truly safer? Are we prepared for the onslaught of changing climate, impending natural disasters and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism and accidents? Are we better prepared to defend our democratic values and ideals?The Safe City promotes new strategies for a safer urban future. It is not a matter of doing more or spending more money. It is a matter of doing things smarter and better. We advocate improved practices, standards, and technology to exploit existing security systems. These "smarter" practices are key to meeting new urban challenges. We need to face head-on issues like urban overpopulation, coming food, water , resource and energy shortages. With a global population surging toward 12 billion by 2100 and urban growth exceeding 1.67 billion in just the next four decades no one should underestimate the challenge. We are facing an urban crisis of unparalleled proportion. We are witnessing the greatest surge in urban population of all time. Two hundred years ago only 3 percent of the world's population lived in cities. By 2040 70 percent of people will live in urban areas-by 2075 it will be 75%.As we grow from 54% urban to 75% urban, every challenge, problem--and yes crisis--will rise to epic proportions. We need to build new types of "metacities" and create a how new "toolkit" for modern urban planners built on new technology and standards. We have to be smarter, faster, more flexible, more strategic and more cost-efficient.
The City That Became Safe
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Author : Franklin E. Zimring
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-11
The City That Became Safe written by Franklin E. Zimring and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Law categories.
Discusses many of the ways that New York City dropped its crime rate between the years of 1991 and 2000.
America S Safest City
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Author : Simon I. Singer
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2014-10-10
America S Safest City written by Simon I. Singer and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-10 with Social Science categories.
Winner of the American Society of Criminology 2015 Michael J. Hindelang Book Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. Yet, like many of America’s seemingly idyllic suburbs, Amherst is by no means without crime—especially when it comes to adolescents. In America’s Safest City, noted juvenile justice scholar Simon I. Singer uses the types of delinquency seen in Amherst as a case study illuminating the roots of juvenile offending and deviance in modern society. If we are to understand delinquency, Singer argues, we must understand it not just in impoverished areas, but in affluent ones as well. Drawing on ethnographic work, interviews with troubled youth, parents and service providers, and extensive surveys of teenage residents in Amherst, the book illustrates how a suburban environment is able to provide its youth with opportunities to avoid frequent delinquencies. Singer compares the most delinquent teens he surveys with the least delinquent, analyzing the circumstances that did or did not lead them to deviance and the ways in which they confront their personal difficulties, societal discontents, and serious troubles. Adolescents, parents, teachers, coaches and officials, he concludes, are able in this suburban setting to recognize teens’ need for ongoing sources of trust, empathy, and identity in a multitude of social settings, allowing them to become what Singer terms ‘relationally modern’ individuals better equipped to deal with the trials and tribulations of modern life. A unique and comprehensive study, America’s Safest City is a major new addition to scholarship on juveniles and crime in America. Crime, Law and Social Change's special issue on America's Safest City
Crime And Fear In Public Places
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Author : Vania Ceccato
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-15
Crime And Fear In Public Places written by Vania Ceccato and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-15 with Architecture categories.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429352775 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. No city environment reflects the meaning of urban life better than a public place. A public place, whatever its nature—a park, a mall, a train platform or a street corner—is where people pass by, meet each other and at times become a victim of crime. With this book, we submit that crime and safety in public places are not issues that can be easily dealt with within the boundaries of a single discipline. The book aims to illustrate the complexity of patterns of crime and fear in public places with examples of studies on these topics contextualized in different cities and countries around the world. This is achieved by tackling five cross-cutting themes: the nature of the city’s environment as a backdrop for crime and fear; the dynamics of individuals’ daily routines and their transit safety; the safety perceptions experienced by those who are most in fear in public places; the metrics of crime and fear; and, finally, examples of current practices in promoting safety. All these original chapters contribute to our quest for safer, more inclusive, resilient, equitable and sustainable cities and human settlements aligned to the Global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Bird Friendly City
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Author : Timothy Beatley
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2020-11-05
The Bird Friendly City written by Timothy Beatley and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-05 with Architecture categories.
How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s? In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shares empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley describes, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species. Readers will come away motivated to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples to draw from. Whether birds are migrating and need a temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.
Cities For People
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Author : Jan Gehl
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Cities For People written by Jan Gehl and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with Architecture categories.
For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy. Focusing on these issues leads Gehl to think of even the largest city on a very small scale. For Gehl, the urban landscape must be considered through the five human senses and experienced at the speed of walking rather than at the speed of riding in a car or bus or train. This small-scale view, he argues, is too frequently neglected in contemporary projects. In a final chapter, Gehl makes a plea for city planning on a human scale in the fast- growing cities of developing countries. A “Toolbox,” presenting key principles, overviews of methods, and keyword lists, concludes the book. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl’s work around the globe.