Revitalization of Urban Public Spaces: An Overview

Structured Network Public Spaces a Step Toward Integration of Urban

Network of public spaces composes of a network of interconnected land use and various elements of the city, such as synthetic and natural which shows the city as a whole. Network structure of public spaces is important because understanding this network as a structure presents us the formation of the city. This paper attempts to define the status of the network of public spaces in the city stru...

Book Review: Convivial Urban Spaces: Creating Effective Public Places

Right to the City and Urban Public Spaces

Right to the city is composed of appropriation and participation in urban affairs. Appropriation is realized through movement in the city, presence in it, comfort feeling, and having proper spaces. While urban participation is possible through being involved in urban policy-making, decision-making for physical and spatial issues, urban economy, ownership and control of urban...

An analytic overview on the rise of cyber spaces and the Islamic Society: An urban challenge or natural transition of cities?

Moving toward third millennium is characterized by capabilities in transforming human life. Specially, development of information technologies in everyday life lead to great changes in communication tools andour current understanding ofurban social life. Indeed, telecommunications because of independency from time—space constraints, provide a new unlimited space for social interactions in globa...

Defining a Structural Model for the Revitalization of the Lost Urban Spaces (City Entrances) in Contemporary Urban Design Case Study: Entrance of Sanandaj

Not long ago, city gates and entryways had high spatial value and were among the landmarks for marking city boundaries. Today with cities having been expanded and developed, such aspect of the entrance concept is lost and entryways are turned to passages for transportation. In fact, the rich spatial value of such entrances has decreased as they are solely spaces for passing through out or into ...