Checklists for dimension consideration

This general information page is an overview of checklists for consideration of culture, legal, ethics and social aspects for use in security-related urban planning. The checklists below are linked to from relevant pages in Securipedia. The rationale is to support a participatory approach by involving citizens as the ultimate end-users of the results of urban planning.

Consideration of the citizen perspective in addressing security issues in urban planning
Physical as well as immaterial aspects shape the requirements for planning processes of urban public space to ensure security and increase resilience. Thorough analysis of the relevant users and user groups for urban built infrastructure is necessary to increase factual security, but also to address perceptions of (in)security and reduce feelings of fear in public space.

The following general check-list helps to consider citizens' perspectives in addressing security issues in urban planning:

Check-list on consideration of security culture in urban planning
Security culture is a specific concept of analysis for culture aspects that also provides guidelines for practical use. Consideration of security culture in urban planning should comprise the following steps:

Check-list on culture, legal and ethics aspects of addressing security issues in urban planning
The following check-list details what it means to address culture, legal and ethnis aspects in security-enhancing strategic planning of public spaces.

Check-list on dimensions to consider in order to enhance citizens perception of safety in urban crowded places
The check-list below summarises the various dimensions to considere in order to enhance citizens' perception of security in crowded urban places:

Check-list on factors that affect citizens' perception of risk
Social risk perception and communication of risk is influenced by various subjective factors. The following check-list helps to address these in urban planning. Citizens always assess risks, threats, and uncertainties on a subjective and individual basis. This subjective assessment has an impact on citizens' acceptance of urban planning decisions and on the physical results (built urban space) of those planning decisions.

Checklist of indicators for perceived criticality of infrastructures
Criticality of urban and other infrastructure needs assessing from both an objective and a subjective point of view because security-enhancing urban planning needs to comprehensively address both facts and citizens' felt needs. The following check-list helps to consider citizens' subjective perception of criticality of urban infrastructure and related requirements for urban planning to provide for its appropriate protection.

Checklist on types of citizen participation for use in urban planning consultation processes
The following check-list is a compilation of different forms of participation methods in urban planning processes.

Those methods can support urban planners who seek to expand on citizen and stakeholder involvement, in particular with a view to increase all aspects of urban resilience, including the societal ones and culture, legal and ethics aspects of urban security.