LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND CRIME PREVENTION MECHANISMS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF IKEJA, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorAtoyebi Olumuyiwa Sola
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-04T13:48:14Z
dc.date.available2025-06-04T13:48:14Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractThere have been several incidences of high-profile crime in public buildings leading to loss of precious lives and properties in Lagos, Nigeria. It is crucial to design buildings and layouts that closely fit the local context and wider design requirements, including social conditions, aesthetics, and development and construction constraints. This study is conducted to assess the relevance of landscape design in preventing crimes in selected housing estates in Ikeja by applying the principles of CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) and their safety elements that are significant in designing an urban park and buildings. The research methodology adopted for the study was survey method. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used. The result of the findings reveals that 68% (34) of the respondents agreed that landscape design can aid in crime prevention in public buildings and parks. Majority (40%) of the respondents had witnessed Theft and pick pocketing in the study area. Furthermore, the result of the findings established that majority (66%) of the respondents include some of these mechanism at the inception of the building design. i.e. they were part of the original design while 28.57% said that they were retrofitted to meet security challenges. The paper concluded that the facilities and users were not adequately secured against serious criminal actions involving use of light arms, improvised explosive devices or bomb laden vehicles. It is therefore recommended that upgrading of the existing facilities is needed and use of relevant crime prevention mechanisms that can impact on terrorism and general crime prevention through proper collaboration among professional stakeholders.
dc.identifier.issn2992-3840
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5245
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFUOYE PLANNING JOURNAL
dc.relation.ispartofseries1; 2
dc.titleLANDSCAPE DESIGN AND CRIME PREVENTION MECHANISMS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF IKEJA, NIGERIA
dc.typeArticle
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