Figure 1: Community Safety
Difficulty moving from estate
Negative reputation of estate
Poor appearance of estate
Vandalism Hooliganism
Offenders evade capture
Police approach obvious
Single access point to estate
Isolation of Community
Non-residents don’t visit
Car Crime
Poor bus service
Increased volume of traffic
Isolation of individuals in community
Reduced social contact in community
Poor diet
Lack of facilities:
shops, post office
Groups of young people with nothing to do
Unsafe play area
Fire Service withdrawn
Impaired childhood development
Lack of primary + pre-school education facilities
Lack of community participation
Siting of disabled units
Poor lighting of football pitch
Nuisance
Lack of play areas
Alleyways on estate
Poor lighting on estate
Fear of crime
Fear of abuse/intimidation
Loss of sleep
AnxietyBurglaries
Stress Irritability/tiredness
Poor family functioning
Poor performance at work
Domestic violence
Children on streetsIncreased risk of road traffic accidents
Stigmatisation
Figure 4: Simplified version of Figure 1Showing Influential Causes, Nodes and Outcomes
Increased risk of accidents
Vandalism/Hooliganism Design of estate Burglaries Poor performance at work
Groups of young people with nothing to do
Fear of Crime/abuse
Stress
Anxiety Domestic Violence
Lack of facilities and services
Reduced social contactIsolation of individuals in community
Impaired childhood development
Single access point to estate
Figure 2:Housing & Estate Design
Allocation policy
Unbalanced composition of community
“Split” communities
No sense of community/neighbourliness
Isolation of individuals in community
Conflict with neighbours
Stress
Depression
Poor housing design[heating/noise insulation]
Loss of sleep
Estate design[alleyways]
Fear of crime
Missed appointments/low take-up of preventative therapy in primary care
Different building phases
Lack of meeting places
Reduced social contact in and outside the community
Long distances to walk to service & facilities
Back pain
Demotivation/ ”don’t bother”
Rapid expansion of estate
Ghetto-isolation
Lack of areas for play
Physical isolation of estate/single access point
Poor bus service
Lack of facilities on estate: shops, post office, GP surgery
Increased level of traffic
Increased air pollution
Respiratory problems
Estate built on flood plain
Access difficult for emergency services
Anxiety
Increased riskof morbidity from injuries
Fuel poverty
Poor health
Poor diet
Figure 5: Simplified version of Figure 2Showing Influential Causes, Nodes and Outcomes
Respiratory problems
Increased level of traffic
Poor bus service
Estate design
[alleyways]
Housing design
[heating noise insulation]
Estate built on flood plain
Rapid expansion of estate/phased building
Physical isolation of estate/single access point
Long distances to walk to services and facilities
Stress
“Ghetto”-sation/”Split” communities/No sense of Community neighbourliness
Reduced social contact
Lack of facilities and services on estate
Demotivation
Poor diet
Poor health
Lack of meeting places
Depression
Figure 3: Access to Services & Facilities
Lack of GP surgeryVandalism of existing facilities
Lack of shops/post office
Lack of education facilities (pre-school)
Loss of existing facilities
Anxiety
Demotivation
Failure to take up primary care appointments
Lack of personal transport
Long distance to services & facilities to supply basic needs
Difficult to access services & facilities
Impaired personal development/health & well-being
Stress Poor diet
Failure to thrive in children
Time management pressures
Poor bus service
Single access point to estate
Isolation of individuals & community
Figure 6: Simplified version of Figure 3Showing Influential Causes, Nodes and Outcomes
Vandalism to existing services/facilities Impaired personal
development/failure to thrive
Long distances to walk to services and facilities to supply basic needs.
Difficult to access services and facilities
Lack of services and facilities
Stress
Poor bus services
Single access point to estate
Lack of personal transport
Isolation of individuals and community