Space Syntax-able Attributions for Safety Consideration of Heritage Area

Noor Kamilah  Kezuwani; Shahrul Yani  Said

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.2903

Authors

Noor Kamilah Kezuwani Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Tekonologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40000 Malaysia
Shahrul Yani Said Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Tekonologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40000 Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.2903

Keywords:

Urban planning, Crime prevention theory, Space syntax, Spatial configuration

Abstract

Understanding crime has been in focus for a few decades. Significant research has begun to understand the relationship between spatial configuration and crime occurrence, which related back to human behaviour. In recent year, space syntax has been used as a method to analyse space and its spatial properties. Urban design researchers have employed the space syntax technique to analyse the geographic distribution of crime due to spatial and socio-demographic factors that could influence crime patterns. This paper describes how space syntax could be used to assess crime possibility in heritage areas, and the result supports the hypothesis.

Keywords: Urban planning, Crime prevention theory, Space syntax, Spatial configuration

eISSN: 2398-4287Â© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peerâ€“review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.2903