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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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    Fear and Public Space; Can LA Be Water Self-Sufficient?
    1. 1:02Will Fear of Random Attack Affect the Design of Public Space?You’re reading this
    2. 11:31Can the Southland Become Water Self-Sufficient?
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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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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Fear and Public Space; Can LA Be Water Self-Sufficient?
    1. 1:02Will Fear of Random Attack Affect the Design of Public Space?You’re reading this
    2. 11:31Can the Southland Become Water Self-Sufficient?
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