Building the Safe City Planning Concept : An Analysis of Preceding Studies

Abstract

The upsetting number of crime occurring in the cities evokes the fear of crime among the civilians. In order to provide a good quality of living environment, a safe city planning must be implemented. To achieve this, several safe city concepts are reviewed. This paper aim to study several safe city concepts done by other researchers. In order to search for the best safe city concepts, a qualitative method research which involves content analysis is the most suitable approach to be employed in this study. This research will develop a new safe city conceptual framework based on the synergy of the previous studies. It is noted that the main concept of safe city planning are the activities and proposition of land use planning, identification of hot spot crime areas, improvement of physical environment and public transport system and appropriate surveillance.

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“…The Safe City Concept, according to Rozhan et al (2015), influences the situations of night-time activities (where night-time life and activities in cities can be a potential for crime, violence and anti-social behaviour), travellers and public transport users, since walking down the streets and using public transportation can certainly promote the feeling of fear towards crime, especially at crime-prone areas. People always need to keep an eye on their surrounding due to high risk of thefts, pickpockets, kidnapping, etc., and community (through the identification of hotspot for crime areas and suitable location of CCTV and improvement of physical environment).…”

“…Urban insecurity has become one of the most pressing issues affecting several countries, in general, and cities, in particular, as the high rate of insecurity is synonymous with cities in recent times. Essentially, Rozhan et al (2015) note that the upsetting number of crime occurring in the cities which evokes the fear of crime among civilians is becoming unprecedented. As a result, efforts have always been intensified to improve the living standards of the people as well as global and national economy with the view to translate its impact into the well-being of the people.…”