Analyzing the effects of urban public placeson creating social interactions(Case study:Tehran Vanak square)

Throughout history, people always meet their innate needs of socialcommunication by providing some areas in the cities. Traditional structures,pathways, local squares and …, all were formed in order to response the need ofcommunicate. Nowadays, because of paying less attention to the structures, socialinteraction in the context of urban spaces is greatly reduced. However, citiesrequire spaces to answer the need of sociability communications which have agood performance. Respectively, urban public spaces are rationally important inthis respect. Public spaces such as entrances, streets and squares, especiallysquares, due to its significant welcoming role is usable for people's socialconnections. In addition, paying attention to the quality of public spaces bring aboutqualitative improvement all over the city. Therefore, by knowing the criteria forestablishing the environmental desirability of these spaces from the citizens' pointof view, these spaces can be turned into a suitable environment for people to useand establish social interactions. Meanwhile, it is not only crucial to pay attentionto the physical components of the space, but more than that, the social andbehavioral components of the space should be strongly taken into the account . InThis research firstly the behavioral factors of humans and the environment hadbeen recognized and investigated, then the urban public spaces and their typesand the various opinions had been explored, and finally the connection of urbanpublic spaces with human behavior and establishing interactions had beenanalyzed. In this case, an urban square as a public urban space had been studiedand analyzed by the important matters obtained from the findings of the theoreticalfoundations. Ultimately, the factors affecting urbans quality, vitality and social lifehad been selected and according to the knowledge of the plan strategies andaction plans had been suggested.

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Urban places ، social interaction ، public places ، square