Enhancing urban safety and security : global report on human settlements 2007 / United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy.

Housing policy.

Eviction.

Emergency management.

Disasters--Risk assessment.

Disasters.

Urban violence--Prevention.

Urban violence.

Crime prevention.

City planning.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

I: Understanding urban safety and security

Current threats to urban safety and security

Vulnerability, risk and resilience: towards a conceptual framework

II:Urban crime and violence

Urban crime and violence: conditions and trends

Urban crime and violence: policy responses.

Notes:

Published in association with UN-Habitat.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-431) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

9781844074754

1844074757

9781844074792

184407479X

OCLC:

145145455