Urban Violence and Security Policies: Local Public and Private Methods of Securing Urban Space
Annual Call for Projects 2004
Summary
This project is coordinated by the professor Yves Pedrazzini of the Urban Sociology Laboratory (LaSUR) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with UN-HABITAT, and the Small Arms Survey of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS). The project concerns urban planning policies in contexts of urban violence and insecurity. Building on case studies in Barcelona and Bogotá, the project will analyse private and public initiatives that are undertaken to respond to the security needs of citizens, and these action-oriented research will help develop an inter-city exchange system through the UN-HABITAT "Safer Cities" programme.
The grant provided by the GIAN for this project totals SFr 260,000
Project Team
Dr. Yves Pedrazzini , Coordinator, Laboratory of Urban Sociology (LaSUR) , Institute of Urban and Regional Planning & Design (INTER) , School of Architecture, Civil and Environment Engineering (ENAC) , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) .
Ms Charlotte Boisteau , Co-coordinator, Laboratory of Urban Sociology (LaSUR) , Institute of Urban and Regional Planning & Design (INTER) , School of Architecture, Civil and Environment Engineering (ENAC) , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) .
Mr Mikel Aramburu , Principal Member, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona .
Mr Fernando Guzmán R. , Principal Member, Universidad Nacional de Colombia .
Ms Laura Petrella , Principal Member, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) .
Ms Christianya Stevenson , Principal Member, Small Arms Survey (SAS) , Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) .
Ms Soraya Smaoun , Associated Member, Safer Cities Programme , United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) .
Mr Joan Batlle i Bastardas , Former Member, La Mina District Consortium , Province of Catalonia, Spain.
Prof. Rémi Baudoui , Former Member, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva (Unige) .
Mr Nicolas Florquin , Former Member, Small Arms Survey (SAS) , Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) .
Mr Richard Pétris , Former Member, School of Peace of Grenoble, France .
Related Links
> Urban Violence and Security Policies
Research Output
Urban Violence and Security Policies: Local Public and Private Practices for Securing the Urban Space (Action-oriented Research in Barcelona and Bogotá)
(available in French and English) > more |
Human Security, Urban Safety and Security Initiatives: a Guidebook for Local Authorities
(available in English and French) > more |
Urban Planning and Security Policies (Cahiers du LaSUR)
(available in French, English and Spanish) > more |
Guns in the City: Urban Landscapes of Armed Violence
(available in English only) > more |
Urban Violence
(available in English and French) > more |