Citation

Landman K. J. Archit. Plann. Res. 2009; 26(3): 213-227.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Locke Science Publishing)

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Abstract

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has gained increasing support in South Africa. Closer scrutiny reveals two competing theories of urban form - a segregated approach and an integrated approach - to hamper crime prevention in the built environment. The purpose of the paper is to show that there are different approaches to addressing safely in the built environment, and that these have different implications for urban form, for peoples' daily lives, and for the planning and management of cities. This is done through a discussion of various examples of these approaches in South Africa, highlighting emerging contradictions, controversies, and tensions in practice.