Does high-rise residential building design shape antisocial behaviour?

Yau, Yung

doi:10.1108/pm-10-2017-0057

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“…Today, people choosing to buy or rent high-rise apartments are attracted by a number of extrinsic and intrinsic qualities, although location and cost are usually the deciding factors [14]. Extrinsic factors include perceptions about neighbourhood and other residents [15], as well as proximity to public transport, education facilities and workplaces. For some, this also includes social facilities and nightlife [16].…”

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High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views

Larcombe

Etten

Logan³

et al. 2019

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High-rise apartment buildings have long been associated with the poor mental health of their residents. The aims of this paper are to examine whether this connection is necessarily so, by reviewing the evidence relating to the relationships between high-rise living and social wellbeing, occupant’s stress levels, and the influence they have on mental health. From selected literature, psychological stress and poor mental health outcomes of the populations that live in high-rise apartments are indeed apparent, and this is particularly so for apartments in poor neighbourhoods. Yet many apartments in developed cities are in affluent areas (particularly those with views of green/blue space), where residences on higher floors are more expensive. Either way, high-rise living and mental health outcomes are a social justice issue. Our review allows us to propose two models relating to high-rise living relevant today, based on these differences.

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“…Not having to maintain a house or garden may also be an extrinsic benefit. Desirable intrinsic qualities that may increase a resident's quality of life include the design of the building, the layout, orientation and size of the apartment [15], views of the surrounding area and safety features such as a security person employed in a lobby.…”

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High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views

Larcombe

Etten

Logan³

et al. 2019

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“…Most of the considerations are related to the performance of facility management, as can be found in [14]. Consideration of the appearance and performance of communal space is also highlighted by [15]. Both [9] and [16] concern building safety as one of the vital measurements for the performance.…”

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“…Each of the criteria has a set of technical solution. This technical solution was evaluated by a scatterplot of mean [15,25,26] 1. Allow long distance view to reduce eyestrain [27] 1.…”

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Environmental Enhancement through High-Rise Building Refurbishment

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Property investment is always enticing, especially the high-rise residential property. The promise of the raising future value of it keeps investors attracted. Urbanisation also contributes to the massive development in this business, and it is hardly ignored. To run the business and to be able to compete with others, developers have to keep the cost attracted for the residents/buyers. The property needs to be well designed to satisfy the economical capital expenditure as well as low operation and maintenance cost. The high density of this development in an urban area makes developers tend to have low awareness of practising sustainability. Inconsistent evaluation, as well as unwell-defined assessment for sustainability, worsen the situation. This research aims to investigate and develop performance evaluation criteria of sustainability for high-rise residential building. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were implemented through surveys. Three main factors, which are the promotion of a healthy environment, comfortability of residents and energy-saving, found to be the main categories of criteria to be considered. Based on validation through a case study, it is found that providing easy access to public transport is the most critical criteria for promoting a healthy environment. Besides, the usage of low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) paint can give comfort to residents because it provides healthy indoor air quality. Lastly, the usage of LED bulbs and natural light supports energy saving. The criteria are then used to develop the decision-making model in selecting the best alternative for the building refurbishment, by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Application of the decision model in a case study reveals that repainting the building using low VOC paint become the best fit option for enhancing the environment. Developers may implement this in their policy for the redevelopment of their building. The result is limited to the aggregation value; thus, future research is directing into coalition and negotiation among stakeholders by applying payoff optimum and agreement options and also automation in selecting the best technical solution.

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“…ASB may cause injury to students vandalizing properties and/or disrupt the peace, comfort, reduce students' satisfaction and quietness of campus. Previous studies have shown that there is a direct strong negative correlation between the quality of campus physical open spaces and students' extreme distress and ASB (Yau, 2018).…”

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The role of built environmental design in violence prevention in universities' campuses: Al al-Bayt University in Jordan as a case study

Alhusban

2020

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PurposeThe purposes of this research were to review, analyze, synthesize and define the principles, indicators and required design elements of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and the potential role of the design of the courtyards in preventing campus violence; to examine the relationships between built environment design and campus violence inside Al al-Bayt University (AABU), Jordan; and to examine to what extent the design of the open public spaces and courtyards inside AABU meet the design principles of the CPTED.Design/methodology/approachThis research used descriptive-analytical approach, semi-structured interviews, archival records and videos to collect the location-based data of violent events and incidents that occurred on the campus of AABU (the locations of students' fights). Additionally, this research used AABU images; plans, spatial analysis, site visits and direct observations to analyze and assess the courtyards’ design and to examine to what extent the design of courtyards and open public spaces in AABU achieve the CPTED indicators, and the availability and the quality of the required design elements of CPTED and their role in violence prevention.FindingsThis research found that environmental-based design plays a major role in reducing crime opportunities and promote positive social behavior. This research found that the indicators to achieve the CPTED principles in all courtyard design inside AABU are very low and all the courtyards’ designs are not complied and conformed to the CPTED principles, and as a result, the design of the courtyards encourages and may facilitate violence in the university campus. It has been found that the availability and the quality of the required CPTED design elements are very low in all courtyards. Therefore, the existing design elements in all courtyards in AABU are not preventing the university violence. The correlation result revealed that there is significant relationship and strong/very strong negative linear association between the numbers of the students' fights and the applying of CPTED principles, indicators and required design elements (r = −0.85).Research limitations/implicationsThe data collected from AABU campus only and a larger study is certainly required to underpin these findings. Therefore, future research is needed to replicate and duplicate this research in order to expand the results.Practical implicationsThis research has implications for designing/redesigning the open public space and courtyards inside universities. This research recommended that redesigning all courtyards and applying the principles of CPTED are necessary to prevent campus violence. Redesigning includes adding landscaping elements, fountains, water features, pedestrian furniture, portrait, setting areas, new modern sculptures, shaded areas, lighting, memorial places, digital screens and cameras. Moreover, this research recommended that the university should pay more attention to continuous control, repair and maintenance to all courtyards after redesigning them. Finally, this research introduced a design proposal for one of the courtyards to apply the CPTED principles that promote positive behavior and prevent campus violence.Originality/valueIn the last few years in Jordan, some of the public and private Jordanian universities suffered from a newly emerging negative phenomenon, which is violence between students inside the campus. Many researchers and governmental institutions have stressed the urgency to explore the social, cultural, behavioral and environmental strategies that may effectively prevent campus violence. Additionally, little attention has been paid to the role of built environmental design in preventing campus violence. Moreover, no research assesses the applying of the CPTED principles and their indicators in courtyards’ design in Jordanian campuses.

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Does high-rise residential building design shape antisocial behaviour?

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views

High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views

Environmental Enhancement through High-Rise Building Refurbishment

The role of built environmental design in violence prevention in universities' campuses: Al al-Bayt University in Jordan as a case study

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