Examining the rising interest in quality-of-life offences, anti-social behaviour and incivilities in urban public spaces, this study explores the rising importance of policing, crime control and community safety policies in the context of the ongoing urban restructuring in old-industrial cities. This is achieved through an extensive exploration into the making and remaking of urban spaces in the city of Glasgow. In so doing, this book puts forward a strong and innovative theoretical argument. Framed in a critical Marxist perspective that draws on debates within German-speaking critical theory and Marxism, this study argues for the centrality of human social praxis in our understanding of contemporary cities. It engages with questions over the production of social space, a (fragmented) social totality and human agency, which so far have only received limited attention in Anglo-American debates.

This synthesis report acknowledges the many existing and cross-cutting opportunities to achieve development goals through the transformative force that urbanization represents. It also discusses the elaboration of targets, baselines and overall progress for selected indicators, placing special emphasis on partnership arrangement and opportunities for financing and scaling up activities and programmes. The report presents fresh data and new findings that help us understand our urban transitions and trends in these early years of the SDGs.

This book examines ways of managing and preventing crime in retailing. It compares and contrasts the priority given to security by town centre and shopping centre managers, and it examines the use and effectiveness of current security measures. Topics covered include: The extent and nature of crime and nuisance in town and shopping centres; -- The impact of crime on shopping; -- Development of an integrated security strategy for safe shopping; -- The role and control of private security guards; -- Security shutters and designing-out crime; -- Security audits; -- Managment priorities and the use and effectiveness of CCTV.