Defensible Space: Crime Prevention Through Urban DesignMacmillan, 1972 - 264 páginas The author tested theories about the impact of design on crime by undertaking a three year study of urban environments throughout the country. To determine the extent to which architecture can affect crime rates he compared communities in which the inhabitants' social characteristics were constant, and only the building forms changed. He shows how high-rise developments were a panicky response to the enormously increased demand for urban housing that hit the major cities. |