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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

This chapter introduces the definition of the social dimension of public places; it sheds light
on the two poles of the influence of the physical environment on human behaviour as well as …

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 …

Abstract Babylon city (18-6 BC) located on Euphrates river which represents the First
nucleus of the historic centers in the province of Babylon. The river coast has been an …