Abstract
This contribution describes the tool Social Safe Urban Design (SSUD), seen
together with socio-spatial and linguistic challenges when applying space syntax in the regenerating of problem urban areas. The Space Syntax jargon is technical and needs to be translated into a language understandable and acceptable to stakeholders who are responsible for the implementation of improvement strategies acceptable for the users of a neighbourhood. Moreover, the degree of public-private interface between buildings and streets needs to be incorporated in the Space Syntax analyses. As it turns out from spatial analyses and crime registrations, there is a correlation between crime and anti-social behaviour and the spatial layout of built environments in the investigated eight pilot cases. Simultaneously, there is also a challenge to come up with locally and globally functioning spatial solutions for reducing opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour for the neighbourhoods. Proposed solutions for three of these neighbourhoods are presented in this
contribution.
together with socio-spatial and linguistic challenges when applying space syntax in the regenerating of problem urban areas. The Space Syntax jargon is technical and needs to be translated into a language understandable and acceptable to stakeholders who are responsible for the implementation of improvement strategies acceptable for the users of a neighbourhood. Moreover, the degree of public-private interface between buildings and streets needs to be incorporated in the Space Syntax analyses. As it turns out from spatial analyses and crime registrations, there is a correlation between crime and anti-social behaviour and the spatial layout of built environments in the investigated eight pilot cases. Simultaneously, there is also a challenge to come up with locally and globally functioning spatial solutions for reducing opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour for the neighbourhoods. Proposed solutions for three of these neighbourhoods are presented in this
contribution.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Geodesign |
| Subtitle of host publication | Advances in bridging geo-information technology, urban planning and landscape architecture |
| Editors | Steffen Nijhuis, Sisi Zlatanova, Eduardo Dias, Frank van der Hoeven, Stefan van der Spek |
| Publisher | TU Delft OPEN |
| Pages | 139-156 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-9492516428 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Research in Urbanism Series |
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| Volume | 4 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8217 |
Keywords
- Space syntax
- Urban regeneration
- Network configuration
- Crime
- Communicative planning
