Landscape architecture students are drafted to conceptualize
a landscape-friendly approach to base security.
By Alan Mather
Security is in the forefront of national attention as a result
of the September 11 attacks, especially within the government. But
federal facilities had already been ratcheting up security following
earlier incidents such as the attack on the Murrah Federal Building
in Oklahoma in 1995, the bomb attack on Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia
in 1996, and the attacks on the embassies in Africa in 1998.
The challenge for governmentas for private industryis
to reach the desired level of protection without turning every facility
into a bunker or fortress. Achieving that goal can be difficult
when the typical quick solutions are jersey barriers and guardrails.
One solution that has been successfully implemented at the Joint
Interagency Task Force East (JIATF East) site in Key West, Florida,
is the application of the principles of crime prevention through
environmental design (CPTED) to provide subtle yet effective defenses.
JIATF East's application of CPTED principles grew out of an innovative
partnership with landscape architecture and planning students at
the University of Florida. The partnership offered the federal facility
a cost-effective way to achieve its objectives.
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