About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Vagiz G. Akhmetzyanov, associate professor, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0000-0002-9879-3736 Tatyana Yu. Burova, candidate of architecture, associate professor, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0000-0001-8965-7225 Ruslan O. Luzyanin, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0009-0007-5549-0173 |
| Title of the article | Criminogenic patterns in urban environments: analysis of theories and practices |
| Abstract. | Urban planning must consider the possibility of economic shocks, due to which the designed space may lose safety and become a problematic zone requiring special control or revitalization. The aim of the study is to identify key factors of crime-preventive planning of the urban environment, taking into account the socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the territories, with the focus of analysis on the contradictions between theoretical concepts and their practical implementation in conditions of economic instability. The objectives of the study are the analysis of the criminogenicity of certain images in the urban environment, identification of the relationship between urban and environmental planning, socio-economic factors and crime, as well as the development of universal crime-preventive solutions in urban environment planning. The result of the study is a critical review of urban and criminological theories and their practical application in various urban contexts, as well as the identification of natural forms not subject to vandalism. Dense low-rise development, provided the organization of pedestrian flows and visual accessibility of spaces, can help reduce criminogenicity by improving natural control by residents. It has been revealed that some urban theories are ineffective in poor and unstable countries, which is why a crime-preventive approach to planning is recommended, reducing the costs of control and maintenance. Conclusions: the significance of the results for architecture and urban planning lies in the need to integrate natural and theoretical anti-vandal solutions, mixed-use development, in improving the visibility of the environment, and in combining architectural solutions with the prediction of deviant pedestrian behavior. |
| Keywords. | criminogenicity, urbanism, CPTED, broken windows theory, homelessness |
| For citations: | Akhmetzyanov V. G., Burova T. Yu., Luzyanin R. O. Criminogenic patterns in urban environments: analysis of theories and practices // News of KSUAE, 2025, № 2(72), p. 420-443, DOI: 10.48612/NewsKSUAE/72.35, EDN: WGTBOC |
