Date of Graduation
5-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Landscape Architecture
Advisor/Mentor
Brittenum, Judy
Committee Member/Reader
Crone, John
Committee Member/Second Reader
Dixon, Jim
Abstract
The object of this thesis is to develop landscape architecture design guidelines that aid in the protection of people in public spaces while reducing security concerns on commercial properties. The integration of existing guidelines that come from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), and the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) will create a new standard of guidelines to be used for security credits within SITES. These guidelines will be developed through an analytical method. These new guidelines will be added to SITES for security and then tested against a local site, in Rogers, Arkansas, that is the first LEED Platinum Certified site in Northwest Arkansas. It is anticipated that these new security standards will reduce opportunities for possible attacks and criminal activity on commercial properties while reducing and reinforcing site securities with aesthetics. This new standard will also expand upon the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) code for “safety, health and welfare.”
Citation
Towle, W. (2012). The new American landscape: beyond bollards and barricades. Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/larcuht/4