Safe cities : guidelines for planning, design, and management / by Gerda R. Wekerle and Carolyn Whit...
Safe cities : guidelines for planning, design, and management / by Gerda R. Wekerle and Carolyn Whit...
Safe cities : guidelines for planning, design, and management / by Gerda R. Wekerle and Carolyn Whitzman.
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Publisher
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1995.
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NQ364.49/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 206 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Process of Planning for a Safer City -- 3. Factors That Enhance Safety and Security in Public Space -- 4. Unsafe Places: Improving Or Avoiding Them -- 5. The Economic Costs of Crime -- Appendix 1: METRAC Safety Audit Guide --Appendix 2: Blake/Boultbee Women's Group/Toronto...
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Publisher
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1995.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Ordinary people are natural experts on safety in their own communities, write Gerda Wekerle and Carolyn Whitzman in this important new book. The key to creating a city where people feel safe, they say, is to give citizens input into developing safer environments for themselves.
Safe Cities offers a set of easy-to-follow guidelines that can be utilized by planners, architects, developers, and police departments to improve urban safety. It includes actual success stories of the ways in which ordinary people, working in partnership with local governments and government agencies, have taken the initiative to fight back agains...
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Safe cities : guidelines for planning, design, and management / by Gerda R. Wekerle and Carolyn Whitzman.
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Notes
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 185-199.
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Date Copyright
c1995.
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NQ364.49/1
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74VMx2ZaoQ6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMx2ZaoQ6d
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ISBN
0442012691
9780442012694
DDC
364.49
MMS ID
991002562489702626
