Summary
Can land use decisions help prevent community violence? Our response? A resounding yes. We can make our communities safer by bringing a violence prevention ‘lens’ to guide land use decisions like what gets funded, where things get built, whose voices shape the process, and what policies and programs are in place to ensure that communities of greatest need stand to benefit the most from new investments. Prevention Institute has produced a video exploring the intersection of land use and violence prevention. This video came out of our 2015 Community Safety by Design paper, our 2016 HEALU Network summit in Los Angeles on land use and violence prevention, and a continued exploration of these intersectional issues.