Features:

• The only reference to offer coverage of security design for the site, rather than for the building
• Provides landscape architects and other design professionals with the fundamental knowledge they need in order to work with clients and security consultants
• Includes guidelines for conducting security/risk assessments as well as case studies that offer a variety of site designs that successfully integrate security

Security and Site Design is written for the design professional and offers basic concepts for site security design and risk/threat assessment, and their relationship and integration into the overall design/streetscape projects.

Contents

• Security Site Design
  • History
  • Context in Today's Security-Conscious Environment
  • Issues
  • Dawn of a New Site Era
  • The Goal of Good Security Design

• A Framework for Understanding Site Security
  • The Basics: Professional Responsibilities
  • Understanding the Range of Threats
  • Understanding Violent Crime From External Sources
  • Patterns of Planted Terrorist Attacks

• Site Security Design Concepts
  • Site Survey
  • Threat Analysis
  • Site Security Countermeasures
  • Risk Management
  • Designing with Performance Standards
  • Summary: Toward Effective and Flexible Security Standards

• Case Studies
  • Urban Streetscapes: Southwest Federal Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Monuments and Memorials: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and Jefferson Memorial
  • Symbolically Important Views, Buildings, and Gathering Areas: Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House
  • Symbolically Important Views, Buildings, and Gathering Areas: City Hall Park, New York City
  • Local Government: California State House, Sacremento
  • Office Buildings and Public Space: Site Security Design and Collaborative Management, Ronald Reagan/International Trade Center Building, Washington, D.C.
  • Programming and Public-Private Collaboration in Site Security: The Hanley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Syracuse, New York

• Conclusion
  • Traditional Barriers
  • Improved Site Amenities
  • Need for Impact Standards
  • Cohesiveness of Security Measures
  • The Future of Security and Site Design

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