Presenting Safe Urban Design Perspective, Emphasizing the CPTED Approach

Urbanization growth and consequently increasing challenges in the cities are the most significant issues for urban management authorities and experts. One of these challenges is disrupting the order and occurring crimes in urban areas. Every year a huge amount of money is spent by police organizations and security agencies to reduce crime and create a safe environment. Nevertheless the root of many crimes is weaknesses in the design of urban areas. This paper intends to introduce safe design approaches, investigate the most important ones, and identify the most comprehensive of all. Therefore, having high adaptability with Iran’s conditions and positives and strengths of other approaches, CPTED approach has known as a modern way of safe design. This approach has completely been analyzed and finally, its solutions and principels have been stated.