Enhancing Security In Affordable Housing The Case Of Prince Fawaz Project 1st Edition Professor Dr Maged Attia by Professor Dr. Maged Attia instant download after payment.

The present study argues that the urban form of affordable housing
projects affects safety and security. The study examines the level of
safety and security in the Prince Fawaz project proposing
recommendations that enhance it. Theories and approaches concerned
with the environmental crime are initially reviewed. Then, urban and
architectural features as well as crime rates and patterns are
documented. Also, trace and behaviour observations are carried out.
The observations monitored urban features and behaviours associated
with crime or fear of crime. Residents’ perceptionof security and fear
of crime is extracted through a questionnaire. A Space Syntax is
processed and linked with the questionnaire and observation outputs.
Observations demonstrate a semblance of fear of crime which is
supported by records of car and home theft. Although the questionnaire
reflects a suitable level of security, it points to peripheral spaces and
areas around mosques and shops as the less secure. However,
enhancing security in the Prince Fawaz project requires urban
interventions including controlling access to peripheral spaces,
reviving areas detected to be unsafe, repositioning elements causing
visual obstacles and enhancing appearance by vegetation and
sustainable maintenance. Besides, reformulating the movement
network so that an appropriate integration between residents and
strangers is achieved. On the conceptual level, the study proves that
none of the theories of environmental crime can act as a comprehensive
approach; but each can partly work.

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2021),5(1), 85-100.

 https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2021.v5n1-8