A forma urbana interfere na segurança pública?: uma análise de três ruas residenciais de Campina Grande, PB.

Abstract

This work focuses on the design of spaces that may contribute to offending behaviour in residential streets of Campina Grande. Street spaces in Brazil have gone through transformations that are associated with a devaluation of public space, which results in a model of social life in which individual life is more important than collective life. Public safety is a determining factor in the quality of life and social well-being of cities. Therefore, it is necessary to study its dimensions and causes that may contribute to make cities safer. Thus, a diagnosis was run on some streets of Campina Grande, to understand the various attributes of urban morphology that may influence the public safety of a street. Evaluations of the built environment, behaviour observations, analyses of intervisibility and perception of the residents' safety were conducted. As a result, it was possible to identify which streets present morphological aspects that may contribute to (un)safety and how these aspects are seem by the population.