{"id":164837,"date":"2024-09-02T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=164837"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T22:03:35","slug":"how-to-reduce-violence-in-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/how-to-reduce-violence-in-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"How Architecture and Urban Planning Can Help Reduce Violence in Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finding ways to reduce the violence<\/strong> experienced in cities<\/a> around the world is not easy and must be approached from many perspectives, but the way we plan and build cities can help.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, around 56% of the global population lives in cities, and by 2050, seven out of 10 people are expected to live in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, Mexico topped the list of the most dangerous cities in the world<\/a>. The ranking was made by analyzing homicide rates and found that Colima is number one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it is important to remember that the list did not consider cities that are at war or armed conflict and that violence is not only measured by homicide rates but is much more complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe current definition of violence is extensive<\/strong>. There is violence associated with crimes, such as robberies and homicides, sexual violence, structural violence, which has to do with lack of access and services, violence related to economic and social issues, such as drug trafficking, and others,\u201d says Natalia Garc\u00eda<\/a>, a research professor at the School of Architecture, Art and Design<\/a> (EAAD) at Tec de Monterrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout her career, Garc\u00eda has focused \u2212among other things\u2212 on studying how violence is perceived in different urban settings, such as the historic centers of cities versus the outskirts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have always been interested in the subject because I grew up in a very violent context, without realizing it<\/strong>,\u201d says Garc\u00eda, who was born in Culiac\u00e1n, Sinaloa, which for recent years has had a high incidence of violence associated with drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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