Chapter 4- PUBLIC SPACE the value of the public goods affects the value of the private goods, we need to show every day that public spaces are an assets to a city.'' -un habitat executive director Joan clos matheu.
4.8PUBLIC SPACES AND HUMANS People have a major relationship with public spaces because they use and experience them on a common area as they play an important role to the society. ''The urban ideologies says that the eye given to the shape of public spaces has ultimately been driven by the will to improve the standard of life.'' because of modernism and its influence on architecture has shown, that the desire has not necessarily always been achieved. Built environment and public authorities, particularly local councils, recognize the importance and significance of public spaces. They understand that creating attractive, well-designed and maintained spaces that provide a range of opportunities for users can promote a way of community similarly as generate economic benefits. When these figures visit the built environment in terms of being ‘humanistic’ or at a ‘human scale’, it shows that they understand that the environment can have a fundamental impact on how people feel in, and skill the environment, and how it can effect humans in many ways.
Terms like ‘feel’ and ‘experience’ convey the complexities of the human mind and emotions. so as to understand how the environment impacts how people ‘feel’ and how people ‘experience’ the environment, it's necessary to grasp people’s physiological and psychological processes. when the environment affects people’s behaviour, only then can a very ‘humanistic’ environment be seen. ''cultures and climate differ from place to place but the people are the same all over the world but they will gather if you give them a good place.'' Jan Gehl
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