Chapter 2- LITERATURE STUDY The pedestrianisation of city centre streets may be a positive example as a result of it not solely protects pedestrians from traffic danger and fumes, it conjointly creates a quieter and calmer environment which will scale back the chance of confusion and disorientation. One of the teachings of the analysis on internal style is that urban style outdoors ought to change older people to browse their external surroundings so they can establish wherever they're and build applicable selections to achieve their destination.
Well-articulated environments, with orientation cues and directional
info, square measure required each inside and outdoors.
2.20 PUBLIC SPACE AS A SOCIAL ARENA FOR INTERCULTURAL Public areas area unit a basic feature of cities and concrete culture. In cities round the world, urban areas like plazas, markets, streets, city halls temples and concrete parks
have
long
been
centres
of
civic
life wherever people
encounter one another, socialize, exchange merchandise and have face-to-face interactions. In these key public areas there area unit opportunities for gathering, recreation, festivals, and commerce further as protests and demonstrations. the standard, practicality and accessibility of public areas in a ordinarily looked as if
it
would be
a
measure
of the
standard of
urban
life. they
will be
each outside and indoor. open spaces are key public areas as a result of it's in these
internal areas wherever the
community
meet,
socialise
and
share
experiences, creating the buildings a region of the general public realm. Key public areas area unit so at the centre of bridging cultures as an arena for society mix and shared understanding. they're the important arena for variations to be encountered
and
negotiated. the
worth of
public house is within
the
everyday sociality that takes place. they're the areas during which we are able to learn to measure with others through seeing completely different norms and ways that of behaving.
An important and ordinarily control read of what makes sensible public areas is that the degree of accessibility and freedom of expression that really democratic, URBANISM ALONG THE BRIDGE
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