“Understanding how the design of urban areas can negate the anti-social behaviour and criminal activity” - Taking the example of Hyderabad Urban Areas as Case-Studies
Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: Cities and towns are developing into well-defined, heavily populated areas, but these areas have advantages and disadvantages of their own. With more residents, a city becomes more diverse, with individuals of all different classes and races. Yet, this diversity frequently breeds crime and a fear of victimization for the people living in urban areas. Most of these antisocial behaviors occur in public and neighborhood areas. This paper tries to identify why public spaces are frequently the scene of antisocial behavior and other approaches to criminal and antisocial behavior beyond simply installing surveillance cameras. It examines the root causes and pressing needs for CPTED and offers a critical assessment of the evidence supporting this approach's effectiveness in crime prevention. It also discusses situational and dispositional approaches to preventing crime based on urban design modules and how designing cities based on opportunity reduction techniques with key themes of activity, surveillance, territorial, definition, and control impacts criminal activity in public spaces based on existing models. A mixed DESIGN TECHNIQUE/METHODOLOGY is employed, which includes the following steps: 1. Qualitative method- Insights and analysis of other publications and research papers. 2. Quantitative analysis in the form of a survey and an analysis of the existing urban area with and without the CPTED design measures incorporated in the metropolitan area. LIMITATION Despite lacking conclusive empirical evidence, the paper concludes that a substantial body of research supports the idea that environmental design is a practical and successful strategy for preventing crime.
Source: Qeios
DOI: 10.32388/xnqd5g.3
Author: Tapati Bhanja
Institution: GITAM University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4386601375