(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020)
Apollon, Celine; As-Salaam, Kamau; Braun, Jonathan; Ferreira, Andrea; Hart, Haley; Highfield, Robert; Lim, Matthew; Jones-Bynes, Jasmine; Prendergast, Kyla
The School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech hosted its second iteration of its Planning Studio master’s requirement in Puerto Rico in Spring of 2020. This year’s studio focused on the United States Decennial Census efforts for 2020. Puerto Rico, as an underrepresented territory within the United States, was a driving motivator for this project. The studio was assigned to Cataño, a small municipality just across the bay from the capital, San Juan. Cataño faces disproportionate levels of hard-to-count and underrepresented populations within the greater metropolitan area. Both the Cataño government and Puerto Rican Planning Board were assigned as the studio’s clients.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020)
As-Salaam, Kamau
Blight and crime are often a packaged deal when referring to urban communities. Given that blight and crime are common issues in the U.S.A there are a number of different methods used in the past to solve those problems. This paper will discuss those different methods in regard to neighborhood security. With help from some East Point officials, this paper was written with the intent to research neighborhood security measures and design initiatives to improve upon the quality of life in the East Washington neighborhood of East Point, by using design elements to hinder crime and blight.