Defensible space crime prevention through urban design /
Newman, Oscar.
Defensible space crime prevention through urban design / Oscar Newman. - New York : Collier Books, 1973. - xvii, 264 p. : ill. (b&w) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
Defensible space - The problem - Territoriality - Natural suveillance - Image and milieu - Current practitioners of difensible space - Modifying existing environments - Summary and recommendations.
The author, an innovative architect and urban planner, proves by case studies that architectural design and urban planning does affect the crime levels in an area. He shows which designs keep crime away. These ideas are still timely today.
0020007507 (pbk.)
City planning--United States.--Case studies
City planning--Security measures--United States.
Land use, Urban.
Real estate development.
Defensible space crime prevention through urban design / Oscar Newman. - New York : Collier Books, 1973. - xvii, 264 p. : ill. (b&w) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
Defensible space - The problem - Territoriality - Natural suveillance - Image and milieu - Current practitioners of difensible space - Modifying existing environments - Summary and recommendations.
The author, an innovative architect and urban planner, proves by case studies that architectural design and urban planning does affect the crime levels in an area. He shows which designs keep crime away. These ideas are still timely today.
0020007507 (pbk.)
City planning--United States.--Case studies
City planning--Security measures--United States.
Land use, Urban.
Real estate development.