چکیده:
Urban space has been formed in historical texture of cities under the influence of meaning and shape on the onehand and qualities related to human behaviors on the other hand. Among these points, neighborhood centers as themost important areas of social life in urban open space play a critical role in attracting people and improving qualityand vitality of environment. This study presents the related literature in an analytical approach and expresses therelationship between neighborhood centers and human presence by structure analysis; it focuses on rules governingpresence quality and formed behaviors in this places. In this survey, human and his presence in neighborhood centersare evaluated and urban spaces concept is formed by composing space location characteristics and human behavior.At least, it is sated that people`spresence in urban space of neighborhood centers expresses their thoughts and culturalinteractions whose form shows its function and meaning. Therefore, humans would appear in urban space in a way thatneighborhood centers quality depends on activity kind and their user's behavioral patterns.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Criteria and Indicators of Presence Quality Improvement in Urban Spaces (Case Study: Historical Texture of Kashan city) 1Azam Sadat Razavizadeh, 2Hamid Majedi, 3Farah Habib 1Ph. D.
2015 ABSTRACT: Urban space has been formed in historical texture of cities under the influence of meaning and shape on the onehand and qualities related to human behaviors on the other hand.
Among these points, neighborhood centers as the most important areas of social life in urban open space play a critical role in attracting people and improving quality and vitality of environment.
Result from comparison of theories and case study indicates that Kashan city has a historical texture and it could be argued that there is a relation between human behavior and public places in each neighborhood center.
There has been a great emphasis on the role and importance of public spaces in different aspects of socio-cultural and health issues in the literature of design and planning (Alexander, 2012; Hall, 1990; Long,2002; Thiel,1961; Barker,1968; Whyte, 1980; Karier, 2005;Tibbalds, 1992; Madanipour ,2000; Calthrop,1993;Katz, 1994).
Our perception is a function of the visual and experiential qualities of the environment Physical Urban Factors enhancing this relationship Human Behaviors Fig. 1: conceptual framework Environmental Affordances Spatial behaviors Cognition &Affection Perception Emotional Affect Perception of Behavior Mental Schemata Human Needs Fig. 2: Intergation of Human and Behavior Process (source: Gibson, 1979) Necessary activities Activities in urban space Social activities Optional activities Fig. 3 :Activities in Urban Space (source:Gehl, 1987,9-11) we are moving through and it is a dynamic activity involving movement and time(Carmona et al.