Explanation and Examples
Project design should be reviewed for its contribution to enhancing the real and perceived feeling of personal safety and security within the environment under review. To do this, the question needs to be answered: do the design elements detract from or do they reinforce feelings of security of the residents, workers, shoppers and visitors who enter the area?

Techniques that can help promote safety include the following:

• providing adequate lighting
• retaining clear lines of site
• use of semi-transparent security screening, rather than opaque walls, where appropriate
• avoiding blank, windowless walls that attract graffiti and that do not permit residents or workers to observe the street
• use of landscaping that maintains visibility, such as short shrubs and pruning trees, so there are no branches below head height
• creative use of ornamental grille as fencing or over ground floor windows in some locations
• absence of structures that provide hiding places for criminal activity
• design of parking areas to allow natural surveillance by maintaining slear lines of sight both for those who park there and for occupants of nearby buildings
• clear directional signage
• encouarging "eyes on the street" through placement of windows, balconies and street-level uses
• ensuring natural surveillance of children's play areas.