Critérios de desenho urbano e as intervenções de integração de arquitetura e urbanismo com a segurança das cidades: Colômbia, Chile e Brasil

Abstract

In the last decades, actions which aim at the integration of urban design with public security have been implemented in Colombia and Chile. The urban design guidelines adopted for this implementation were those of the Theory of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED), which approach the use of space planning tools applied to crime control. The research explores the theme of citizen security and compares examples of the Brazilian to the Colombian and Chilean reality. In Brazil, investments in crime reduction are primarily made by means of police repression instead of massive investments in the social sector – the root of the problem. The postdoctoral research approaches São Torquato neighborhood, located in Vila Velha, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The neighborhood has a high rate of violence. Local urban studies have been developed, following the CPTED guidelines, with the purpose of making São Torquato neighborhood into a safer place.