THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CONCEPTS TO PREVENT CRIME IN URBAN AREAS (THREE RECREATIONAL AREAS IN SHAHREKORD)

Urban recreational areas are very important and can be improved using Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) that is effective in crime prevention. Various social, economic, and cultural factors are effective in creating security. The present study aimed to investigate CPTED as the most important approach in crime prevention and environmental security using design and providing solutions to help city managers to design secure recreational areas against crime. Using descriptive and analytical method at the first stage and then surveys in selected areas, this study investigated various crime prevention approaches by environmental design. These approaches are based on physical terms of the environment to achieve security. These solutions are presented to create or increase security in recreational areas of Shahrekord. The results of this comparative comparison and change in existing approaches require deep sociological perspective that can be applied to provide ideas and principles by the inhabitants under the supervision of city managers. The results showed that recreational areas in this study did not show high quality and all three areas of interest require structural reforms.