The Safer Sustainable Cities event was held in the Grand Reading Room in the Welsh School of Architecture and Glass, Swansea (curated by Gamman and Thorpe, with help from freelance designer, Chris Thomas) The event was requested by colleagues from the Crime Prevention community in Wales as ambitious regeneration projects are planned in Swansea, and inspiration and knowledge transfer to make design against bike crime happen was thought to be needed linked to aims to increase cycle use as part of integrated public transport proposals. The event focused on the contribution of designing out crime to the creation of safer, sustainable cities and was attended by 50 delegates, from local authorities, police, and academic bodies from England and Wales. The conference received presentations drawing on Bikeoff research from Ekblom, Gamman, Thorpe, Sidebottom and Willcocks.
The event was met with a very positive response and was reported in THE Times Higher Education.

Tags: Adam Thorpe, Bikeoff Outputs, Chris Thomas, Fighting Crime With Good Design, Lorraine Gamman, SMU, Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales
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