Architectural language and social representations of urban insecurity
Keywords:
urban insecurity, urban violence, public space, architecture, social representationsAbstract
This article exposes how insecurity has impacted the configuration of the territory, generating armored and defensive architectures that use the privatization of urban space as a "symbol" of security, and how the different social messages of deterioration and abandonment define a vast perception of insecurity in certain urban environments.
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