In its quest for safer cities around the world, UN-HABITAT has been working with the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile, to produce a new set of guidelines aimed at the Spanish-speaking world, where many cities, especially in Latin America, are notorious for high levels of violence and crime.
"Improving a neighbourhood involves an overhaul of all dimensions of its life, including the right of citizens to lead lives free of risk of injury, danger, and crime," said Elkin Velasquez, Coordinator of UN-HABITAT's Global Safer Cities Programme. "The thinking has shifted from the main concern of just getting crime figures down to improving the general quality of life in the neighbourhood, and thus reducing the need to resort to crime. We are delighted at this very valuable outcome of our collaboration with the Universidad Alberto Hurtado, oriented to be reference for both public decision-makers and communities in cities."
Guía para la prevención con Jóvenes Hacia políticas de cohesión social y seguridad ciudadana