With the rapid development of society and the improvement of living standards, the importance of safety design in urban environments has been increasingly emphasized. The elimination of crime and anxiety has become one of the main factors threatening ...
With the rapid development of society and the improvement of living standards, the importance of safety design in urban environments has been increasingly emphasized. The elimination of crime and anxiety has become one of the main factors threatening the quality of life. Accordingly, CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) has attracted growing attention as an important strategy for improving the urban residential environment.
Especially in pedestrianspaces with high daily use frequency, although the performance of preventive facilities has improved compared to the past, the number of installations has increased, and patrol personnel have also become more numerous, crime rates have not decreased accordingly.
This indicates that research and technological development in the field of crime prevention design and related preventive measures remain insufficient, and suggests the need to supplement existing approaches with a more comprehensive design-based checklist system. In addition, there is a need for objective and quantitative analysis of crime risk using methods that are not affected by environmental changes and that possess general applicability. In response to this demand, this study proposes a design-centered direction for the development of CPTED.
In response to this need, this study aims to advance the development of CPTED with a design-centered approach.
First, based on theoretical research, the study explains the importance of design and environmental factors in crime prevention design and explores innovative evaluation factors centered on design. Urban pedestrian-related spaces were categorized into three types—street spaces, facility-surrounding spaces, and park–recreational spaces—according to spatial characteristics. This classification is based on CPTED guidelines, which emphasize that both functional and aesthetic values contribute to a sense of safety, and that excellent functionality and aesthetics play an important role in enhancing users’ perceptions of safety. On this basis, the study expands “design enhancement” as the seventh fundamental principle of CPTED.
During the empirical research stage, the importance of checklist items for each space was analyzed. An expertsurvey using AHP was conducted to derive the importance of CPTED checklist items for different space types. However, whether expert perceptions are consistent with citizens‘ experiences during actual space use still requires further verification.
Therefore, third, based on the AHP results, the study conducted an Importance–Performance Analysis (IPA) experiment, collecting citizens’ evaluations of satisfaction with each space and analyzing them in the IPA matrix. Through this process, the main checklist items requiring improvement in each space were identified, and the consistency between AHP importance rankings and IPA satisfaction evaluations was examined, thereby verifying the practical validity of expert judgments.
The specific conclusions of this study are as follows: 1) Pedestrianspaces were systematized into a CPTED checklist framework consisting of seven principles, and differentiated evaluation items were established according to space type, with importance rankings derived through AHP analysis. 2) By comparing exemplary spaces with generalspaces and applying IPA analysis, specific improvement needs for pedestriansafety design in each space type were identified. 3) The empirical results of the AHP and IPA analyses indicate a substantial gap between "importance" and "satisfaction, " particularly for items such as preventive facilities, separation facilities, and effective sidewalk width, which exhibit high importance but low satisfaction and are therefore identified as priority items for improvement. 4) It is proposed that only through a comprehensive analysis of the physical, functional, and environmental attributes of pedestrianspaces can the core needs and problems of the space be accurately identified. 5) The study shows that open, semi-open, and enclosed spaces exhibit different safety perceptions, and users‘ perceived sense of safety changes according to the degree of openness. 6) The significant differences in needs and satisfaction levels among different pedestrian-space types verify the necessity of implementing customized and differentiated management strategies based on spatial characteristics.
In conclusion, through the integrated approach of “AHP analysis → IPA experiment,” this study establishes an urban space safety evaluation system that reflects both expert and citizen perspectives. The proposed framework contributes to developing a more scientific, practical, and human-centered CPTED evaluation model.