Session: Building great communities and cities takes more than land, capital and market forces. It requires leadership. Vision, goals, targets and commitment are driven by leaders. It is not enough to say it, leaders must show the way. Saskatchewan cities are growing. Saskatoon is at a tipping point and requires leaders to move us from a ‘big’ small city, to a ‘small’ big city.
This presentation will explore some of the choices Saskatoon must make to move to the next level or tier and truly become a city of choice.
This presentation will highlight the principles of CPTED and the evolving philosophy of Safe Growth. These concepts have evolved from a time when we all relied solely on a police service to address crime.
We all have a responsibility to prevent crime and we can do it using these principles. CPTED is about reducing the opportunity for crime to occur, increasing people’s feelings of safety, and an overall increase in quality of life in the community.
Safe Growth employs these principles and a philosophy of community involvement to attain the safest community possible in which to live, work, and play. Interdisciplinary, or some use transdisciplinary, teams are critical to the safer design and management of our neighbourhoods and cities.
The City of Saskatoon has formalize Safe Growth/CPTED in the Development Plan and establish an Administrative policy for ensuring the work is carried out in a rational manner. As of September 2008, all civic structures, facilities, and developments are subject to a CPTED review. City of Saskatoon has also developed a set of Safe Growth guidelines, for specific types of development, to ensure crime prevention is included in all development.
This interactive presentation will look at the opportunities and challenges to the implementation of the concept of Safe Growth and the principles and processes of CPTED.
How infill development benefits a city socially and economically.
What constitutes good infill development both from a design and functionality standpoint?
What can the city do better to facilitate infill development?