URBAN PUBLIC SPACES, A CONSIDERABLE ASPECT IN COMMUNITY DRIVEN COMPULSIVE URBAN DESIGN

Abstract

The problem understudy was “Rethinking Public Spaces: A Community Driven Compulsive Urban Design”, with the objectives to evaluate the effectiveness of public spaces by correlating social interaction, happiness and public spaces in the selected communities. The urban population of Abbottabad district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan was taken as the study area, we calculated the population sample and conducted the study in three different communities in Abbottabad district. The duration of the data collection and community survey was two months. A detailed information on the selected variables was obtained by carefully filling the questionnaire designed for this purpose in a survey of the selected areas. Data obtained through surveys was analyzed and Correlation was computed from the collected data and was interpreted. All the information collected was analyzed and presented through tables and figures.