4.9ROLE OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACES IN PUBLIC LIFE

Many people think that human behaviour publicly spaces is ‘chaotic’ or a minimum of very irregular. This differs from User's behaviour in complex situations to normal situations, where people apply an optimized behavioural strategy through these urban spaces. this implies that urban design can't be limited only to physical forms, but also includes people activities that play the important role in urban spaces.

it supposed to be designed to fulfil people’s needs and support their activities, while, they're trying to realize their goals and obtain their destinations through those spaces. But unfortunately, there's a miss-understanding between their needs and spaces design in many urban spaces, which reflects on their behaviour and leads them to act randomly in a very irregular way.

The way in which the design of human environment affects human environment are important, one understand the aspect in matter of cooperation. Much of our modern life depends on cooperation between individuals on street, neighbourhood, in work place, etc.

Cooperation is only one of the number equally important consideration for making friends and interaction with others. there are other ways in which the environment relates to human behaviour., communicating with others in order to share our experiences and find out what is going on is another matter that is very important to most people. the ease and accuracy through which people find communication ways through urban landscapes is largely contingent on the nature of the surrounding environment. Any environment that is inadequate for its intended purpose frustrates and annoys us.

4.9ROLE OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACES IN PUBLIC LIFE

The urban image is the way that a city is perceived, both by the citizens and by those outside. Not only is that this image a picture held in common by an oversized number of persons, but it is also used as the way of communicating about the town.

Since urban images are supported human perception, they're greatly influenced by sensory elements of the urban form, especially the visual elements. People's

perception of their environment influences their social interaction within that environment. Users themselves are the intrinsic links to the space they're going to be living in. In other words, if they cannot have this link, they're going to simply either go or destroy the place until it reflects if not their comfort a minimum of their discomfort – and in both cases their state of being.

People inherently discern their relationship with others in terms of distances, or spaces, between them.

Error! Reference source not found. defines four distinct distances at which i nterpersonal transactions normally occur. These are categorized as intimate, personal, social, and public.

• Intimate space is that the private area immediately surrounding the individual’s body. It involves both physical and emotional interactions. (45 cm)

• Personal space is that area within which someone allows only select friends, or people with whom personal conversation is mandatory. (1.2 m)

• Social space is that area within which someone expects to create social contacts on temporary basis. (3.6 m) • Public space is that area within which someone doesn't expect to possess direct contact with others.

Figure 11 hall 1966