Using the example of Five Oaks in Dayton, Ohio, research how to initiate and present a plan to build defensible space into a mini-neighborhood. Use your community and propose Defensible Space Guidelines for the construction of public housing units for families with children. The proposal uses design principles and will include: Building Design, Security, Parking, Garbage and Refuse Storage, and Lighting.

Use information found at Creating Defensible Space

The following sections should be outlined as Headers in the paper.

•       Introduction, thesis statement, overview, purpose

•       Background, discuss history of topic

•       Discussion, identify benefits, obstacles, innovations

•       Conclusion, summarize the overall study, lessons learned

•       References, minimum three references with citations in the body