How to Use the Concept Tool

This How-to-Use Guide explains the relationship between the two Concept level tool components:

1. SecuRbAn Risk Assessment Tool;
2. Urban Securipedia Knowledge Base.

The page is structured to provide a short description of the two tools, followed by a visual depiction of the interaction between the tools.

Components of the Concept Tool

Tool Component	Description
	SecuRbAn, the Risk Assessment tool, is a supporting tool for doing a quick security scan to indicate where possible security issues may arise. It will facilitate the urban planner in making a quick assessment of the security issues that are most relevant to a project or scheme.
x125px	Urban Securipedia is the Concept Tool's Knowledge Base providing the background understanding on subjects that are directly or indirectly related to security for the urban planner.

Relationship between Concept Tool components

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Application Scenario

In order to explain how to use the VITRUV Concept Tool (i.e. Securban and Securipedia), let us consider a typical scenario that an urban planner may deal with in undertaking his/her duties: A city is concerned with its poor position in economic competitiveness in comparison with the European average for cities of a similar scale. A number of weak urban quarters within the city have been identified for an urban regeneration programme intended to stimulate wider development and economic growth and renewal. A mixed use scheme to facilitate the delivery of residential dwellings, office and retail floor space, together with a range of services and facilities, is envisaged. Limited investment and resources restrict the selection to a single quarter, and this will be based on an assessment of available data, including demographic, socio-economic and infrastructural needs. An assessment of the security (and connected safety) of the area will also form part of the process.

Initial Set-Up Phase

The first step will involve the urban planner setting up a file for his/her new project. 1. Log into the Concept Tool;
2. Enter your name/ID of the specific analysis (something easy to remember);
3. Enter a short description of the project:

  a.	Be clear on what is, and is not, included;
  b.	Data sources, data revisions/versions being used;
  c.	Describe any grouping of objects;
  d.	Have any measures already been used in the project formulation to date?

EXAMPLE VISUAL

SecuRbAn (and supporting Securipedia) Risk Assessment Phase

4. SecuRbAn will now take you through a sequence of questions to determine:

[Please note: With each answer, you will have the opportunity to attach your own notes, comments, constraints or related observations etc.]

[Please note: Throughout the questions, you will find links to the Securipedia Knowledge Base in order to get more knowledge on how to answer the specific question at hand.]

[Please note: In circumstances where the question is too abstract, you will have the option of converting the question into a series of ‘sub-questions’ for easier response.]

• Determine the presence of attractive objects to certain crime types;
  
• Determine contributing circumstances;
  
• Determine existing protection measures.
  

5. With regard to the above questions session (4.), the questions which the SecuRbAn will ask will depend on the answers you provide to the previous round of questions. For example, if you identify through the first round of questions that there is a heightened attractiveness within the proposed scheme/development for breaking and entering by an offender, SecuRbAn will not ask you (in the next series of questions)...?

Output Phase

6. From the previous phase, the tool will output a list of security issues in two ways:

• Prioritised (sorted) list of relevant security issues to be addressed in the project
  

This list will include links to Securipedia, traces to the answers that gave rise to the list, and user notes you inserted during the question phase;

BEST FOR: A quick overview of the issues to be dealt with.

• A complete (sequential) lost of all possible security issues with a scoring indication of its possible relevance to the project.
  

BEST FOR: A quick identification of the change between two risk assessments.

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