| Title |
Exploring Links between Space Crime and Space Configuration |
| Keywords |
defensible space ; space syntax ; residential burglary |
| Abstract |
This paper reports some of the findings from a two-year study into spatial crime of residential burglary and configuration of space structure on a metropolitan city in the south-west of Korea. Particular attention is paid to what kind of configurational factors has effects on the patterns of space crime distribution in four mainly residential areas in the city. Configuration analysis method of space syntax has been used to examine space structure of the residential areas. Traffic movement data of vehicular and pedestrians was gathered in the areas to investigate its possible effect on the space crime, but no significant relationship has been found. Research results have found that space crime rate is very closely related with the degree to which a space structure of urban layout is intelligible. This means that design of crime-free space is much more dependent on the construction of intelligible space structure globally rather than on the design of each crime-free space locally. |