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Crime-related U.S. Urban Design and Order Maintenance Policy in the Era of Globalization: Policy Implications for the Future Urban Design Practices

KWON TAE JUNG 1

1국토연구원

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ABSTRACT

Recent development in information technology did not reduce the necessity of centrality but significantly increased the flexibility of production resources such as capital in the era of globalization. This phenomenon then leads to competition between local to international geographical regions to secure financial resources, making cities and regions vulnerable to the needs and interests of globalized industry. Under such circumstances, crime-related U.S. urban design and order maintenance policy are blamed to be a tool for urban spatial segregation. This paper therefore argues that current crime-related urban design practices or 'crime prevention through environmental design(CPTED)' should be revised and that the change may be facilitated by first shifting its major goal from crime prevention to fear-of-crime reduction in ways that can enhance the quality of urban life. This more comprehensive approach will ensure increased participation of local urban residents and will help come up with context-based, more successful outcomes. This paper, however, calls for follow-up empirical studies revisiting current major design principles of CPTED in association with fear-of-crime reduction and the quality of urban life.

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