Analytical Interventions for the Open Spaces of the Community Centers in East Delhi; Case of Preet Vihar
6.3.2. Create Open spaces as multi-use destinations A great urban public open space can act as a safety valve for the city, in which people living in dense urban areas can find breathing room. While a poorly planned or maintained open space can be a place of fear and danger, thus repelling people, businesses, and investment. On the other hand, creating open spaces as public squares can be a source of civic pride, and it can help citizens feel better connected to their cultural and political institutions. Promoting the development of public squares with small retail or eating points will induce activity and will help develop healthy community relationships. Public squares will enable people to spend more time in the open spaces by inducing certain recreational activities, thereby making the spaces extremely sociable and lively and not leaving these spaces dead and vacant.
Figure 54: Plaza created for the community center; Source: Author
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