The urban built environment has a significant role in leading individuals to outdoor spaces,
socializing, and being together. Despite the Egyptian Government's efforts to provide more …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to create an overview of current literature and identify
gaps in what is known about stimulating interaction through spaces and services provided …

An ideal form of smart city planning would focus on the availability of urban amenities that
can meet the basic needs of a resident's material life, civil connections, and humanistic spirit …

With the increasing density of built spaces in urban areas, the need for open spaces
increases every day. Squares are one of the most important of these open spaces. Urban …

The optical response of opaque materials in an urban envelope plays an important role in a
city's energy exchange with the environment as it defines the absorption of radiation and …

The focus of this chapter is to identify the definitions of public spaces and the role they play
in daily life, whether cultural or social. In addition to that, the chapter aims to analyse …

Interactivity, multidisciplinarity, synergy and interdependence are all concepts that are
clearly intertwined with managing every responsible city and its leaders. Urbanism plays a …

Recognising the challenges of loneliness among the ageing population, research attention
is turning to explore the social dimension of urban design and questions of how the built …

Purpose The paper aims to study the applicability of Lefebvre's everyday life theory
“production of space” in Sheraton's in-between spaces upon local residents' daily practices …

Traditional market space in a multi-ethnic neighborhood offers various degrees of activities
such as a place to earn livings, recreates to make socio-cultural contact, religion among …