Defensible Space and Urban Public Environment Design[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005, 27(1): 18-22. DOI: 10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2005.01.004.
The significance of urban public environment doesn't consist only in meeting the demands of certain function. The public environment of a city can also be its important part through supporting and stimulating significant urban public behavior. From four main aspects of the theory of defensible space
the authors discussed how to establish good relationship between public environment and public life in the city; meanwhile
the authors provide some proposals and ways to enhance the quality of public environment of a city.