STRATEGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GATED COMMUNITY HOUSING IN THE CONTEXT OF A SAFE TOWNSHIP AND CPTED

Dr. Zurinah Tahir; Dr. Khadijah Hussin

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

STRATEGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GATED COMMUNITY HOUSING IN THE CONTEXT OF A SAFE TOWNSHIP AND CPTED

Dr. Zurinah Tahir, Dr. Khadijah Hussin

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;A safe township is one that is free from all forms of physical, social and mental threats. The local environment should&nbsp;</p> <div>engender an atmosphere of wellbeing, with the residents enjoying security, prosperity, health and contentment.&nbsp;</div> <div>In a real&ndash;life situation, however, town&ndash;planning has often been a subject of criticism by sociologists, who argue that&nbsp;</div> <div>contemporary urban planning tends to emphasize only the physical concepts and designs. This leads inevitably to increasing crime rates,&nbsp;</div> <div>especially those that involve violence and property loss. The social problems that have resulted point to planners having failed to anticipate and&nbsp;</div> <div>address the emerging problems related to crime. Town planners only cater to the physical aspects of their work; they lack due consideration for&nbsp;</div> <div>the social facets in the planning of townships, their designs and their surroundings. Hence, the safe city concept that can be achieved through&nbsp;</div> <div>the implementation of CPTED should be incorporated into security planning when developing gated community housing. This would not only&nbsp;</div> <div>reduce the incidence of crime and the fear of crime but also offer a better lifestyle for residents.</div>