Enhancing urban safety and security
Subtitle: global report on human settlements 2007
By: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781435616301
Subjects: Urban policy; Housing policy; Eviction; Emergency management; Disasters; Risk assessment; Urban violence; Prevention; Crime prevention; City planning
Description: Enhancing Urban Safety and Security addresses three major threats to the safety and security of cities: crime and violence; insecurity of tenure and forced evictions; and natural and human-made disasters. It analyses worldwide trends with respect to each of these threats, paying particular attention to their underlying causes and impacts, as well as to the good policies and best practices that have been adopted at the city, national and international levels in order to address these threats. The report adopts a human security perspective, concerned with the safety and security of people rather than of states, and highlights issues that can be addressed through appropriate urban policy, planning, design and governance. Note: You must register with UN-HABITAT in order to download this title.
Notes: Title from website (viewed on Jan. 5, 2009).

Published in association with UN-Habitat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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