Safety in the city 2404-P-4-PPSS-BM

Crime threats in spatial terms - spatial determinants of crime.
- historical introduction to the development of urban settlements - the role of defensive walls
- urban renewal – Pruiit Igoe
- housing estates as a breeding ground for crime
- controversies around modernism - the main assumptions of the Athens Charter
- contemporary violations of norms and social order in the neighborhood
- suburbanization and car-centricity
- the relationship between the properties of a place and the quality of life
2. Possibilities of reducing crime by shaping space
-Jane Jacobs approach
- Oscar Newman – defensible space
-Elizabeth Wood
- CPTED – 2nd and 3rd generation of projects
- neighborhood cohesion and informal social control
- video monitoring
- controversies surrounding gentrification processes
- New Urbanism
- 15-minute cities and the idea of walkability

Total student workload

attendance at classes - 15 hours homework = 30 hours total 45 hours - 3 ECTS

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Directional effects: K_W02, K_W13, K_W15, K_W16, K_W17, K_W30, Course=specifc effects: W1: knows the theories of creating a safe space W2. has knowledge about human territorial behavior W3. Knows the CEPTED design principles

Learning outcomes - skills

Directional effects: K_U01, K_U04, K_U14, K_U18, Course_specific effects: U1. Is able to design a housing estate according to the CPTED principles

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Directional effects: K_K06, K_K12 Course-specific effects: K1. Understands the perspectives of different stakeholders in a given place and their diverse needs K2: can propose a compromise solution reconciling different points of view and interests

Teaching methods

he classes are of a seminar nature, so all methods typical for this type of classes are used

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- narration
- participatory lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- seminar

Online teaching methods

- cooperation-based methods
- exchange and discussion methods

Type of course

specific course (attribute withdrawn)

Prerequisites

The course is intended for students of the Practical Social and Environmental Psychology specialization, but is also open as an elective for other interested 4th and 5th year students.

Course coordinators

Michał Jaśkiewicz

Assessment criteria

Final essay - work prepared in a team - regarding the issues of the classes

Practical placement

none

Bibliography

Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of American Cities
Oscar Newman: Defensible space
materials available to students online

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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