Designed features can make cities safer, but getting it wrong can be plain frightening
- Written by Paul Cozens, Environmental Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University
Many cities have used spikes on ledges and other spaces to prevent (usually homeless) people from sleeping or sitting on them.from shutterstock.com
City planners and designers can help make spaces safer in many ways. One strategy is known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED, pronounced “sep-ted”). This approach is...
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