Summary
"Behavioural based design is a strategic design approach that looks to understand the predictable ways that people interact with a given environment when developing the most appropriate physical settings for inducing desired behaviour. Inherent to this approach is a "socio-design" hierarchy that clearly establishes the primacy of behaviour as a determinant of design. While not limited to crime prevention applications, the design methodology is inherently proactive as the process is predisposed to engineering environments that are in harmony with behaviour while culling negative influences. Put another way, it attempts to unravel behavioural "DNA" then replicate the required elements needed to clone desired behaviours. This effectively results in an adaptable approach that can respond to behavioural change. Such is not the case with a CPTED approach."--Page 1.