Research on Crime Prevention Design in Public Space of Open Communities Based on Space Syntax Analysis : —Take East District of Jiangbin New Village in Zhenjiang City as an Example

Abstract

Against the background that communities are opening up gradually, residential crime becomes an urgent issue that hinders the development of open communities. This paper applied the principles and methods of space syntax and made a quantitative analysis on the current status of open communities and space patterns designed with the function of crime prevention. By analyzing and comparing space syntax measures, the study has revealed security problems existing in open communities such as poor accessibility of street space and road network, difficult control of residential entrance and exit, lack of activity and communication space, insecurity caused by boundaryless, etc, summarizes design strategies of crime prevention in public space of open communities, and provides new guidance and support for the development and update of open communities.