Handout for Article Presentation

Below are the notes on the articles I read for my article presentation.

Want to Cut Crime? It Takes a Neighborhood. Tim Harford 2008

Uses neighborhood as synonymous with Community
“Clear link between urban architecture and crime”
High rises=less “eyes on the street”=more crime

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202384.html

Compact Communities-Is Density Incompatible With Safety? Argument against Tim Harford

Population density brings “eyes on the street”
Density only possible with the use of high rises
Poses the question—At what building height does safety begin to diminish?

http://thegroundfloor.typepad.com/the_ground_floor/2008/02/compact-communi.html

Related to City of Rhetoric?

Each article discusses issues on link between urban architecture and crime as well as posing solutions to the issue.
The situations described in the articles could easily be the Chicago as described by Fleming.

Reviving Cities: Think Metropolitan---Linked to from Fleming’s Chapter Three Notes

Darkside of Metropolitan Areas
Decentralization of American cities
Metropolitan areas are hogging all of the economic growth—perpetuating the economic crisis in the cities
Detroit---Prime Example
“much more needs to be done at the federal level to reverse the polarizing trends”
“In places like Detroit, separate urban and suburban entities administer the public bus system, impeding the ability of urban low-income residents to reach suburban jobs and economic opportunities.”
Example of Segregation as an “achievement”

http://www.brookings.edu/papers/1998/06metropolitanpolicy_katz.aspx