CPTED DEFINED
* CPTED has been defined as the proper design, effective use, maintenance and management of the built environment which can lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime and an improvement in the quality of life.
* CPTED is about Well Being and creating Safer, Healthy, Active Communities by Design.
* CPTED has a direct relationship with the built environment.
* People live in the physical environment and the physical environment affects how people behave. CPTED's goal is to solve crime related problems before they exist by planning and designing the physical environment in such a way as to eliminate or reduce opportunities for crime.
* CPTED is Site Specific. •* Physical environments can change from block to block and street to street. •Built environments can be in various stages of development, gentrification or decay. •An architectural or landscape design or land use that works well in one environment, may not be suitable in another. •
* Applying CPTED to each existing site and future development is critical in creating safer and sustainable built environments.
FOUR KEY CONCEPTS OF CPTED
#1. Natural Access Control is the physical guidance of people coming and going from a space through the judicial placement of real or psychological barriers. The use of natural design strategies to deny access to a crime target and create a perception of risk to an offender. #2. Natural Surveillance is the placement of physical features, land use activities and people in such a way as to maximize visibility. Providing unimpeded sightlines particularly along pedestrian pathways. It's an "Eyes on the Street" approach to design and planning to project the perception of risk to an offender of being observed, identified and apprehended. #3. Territoriality is creating a physical design that can contribute to a sense of territory by extending the sphere of influence or sense of ownership of space beyond the front door. It's about people taking ownership of what they perceive as theirs thus creating "Defensible Space". The result is a perception of risk to offenders that someone is caring for, responding to and expecting a standard of behaviour. #4. Maintenance & Management allow the built environment to continue its positive influence and use for its intended form, function and purpose. •Environments that are well maintained and managed project a sense of ownership, access control & surveillance that reinforces the feeling of •Defendable Space. It aids in sustainability and shows that someone is in control of the space and cares what happens to it.
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