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Design and Architecture

Will Fear of Random Attack Affect the Design of Public Space?

Random shootings in public places are causing Americans to grow increasingly anxious about dropping their kids off at school, going to the movies and other normal daily activities.

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By Frances Anderton • Dec 8, 2015 • 1 min read

Random shootings in public places are causing Americans to grow increasingly anxious about dropping their kids off at school, going to the movies and other normal daily activities.

What does this mean -- if anything -- for our public spaces? Do architecture, planning and technology have a role to play in accommodating these fears?

We asked three people expert in urban planning and got the following answers.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Avishay Artsy

    Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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    Susan Silberberg

    Civic Moxie / MIT

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    Wade Graham

    public policy professor at Pepperdine University

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    Doug Suisman

    urban designer

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