أنسنة المدن بين واقع المدينة والتطبيق

الملخص EN

Man has occupied a central role in building the city and setting up civilization in general in order to harness all the capabilities of civilization and nature and even what the city produces to serve him and to meet his needs.

the idea of human centrality has continued and still dominates the philosophy of establishing and building cities.

it is agreed that urban design and planning processes aim to create a concrete (built) environment in line with the requirements, needs, and behaviors of its users.

studies have shown that urban spaces that do not satisfy the social and entertainment requirements of users lead to negative effects on those individuals (environmental, behavioral, economic, social & cultural), which may lead to: either abandoning these urban spaces or trying to make adjustments to them in line with their requirements and behaviors or individuals acquire new behaviors to cope with these voids, which leads to urban environment deformation and the loss of the job for which it was designed.

from this standpoint, this research is concerned with presenting the direction of humanizing cities.

attention to this direction came after it became clear that the design of cities in most Arab societies was not to serve man in the first place, but was designed to serve the car, instead.

when we look at our cities from the plane we see them beautiful and dazzling, while when we get closer to them on the ground, we do not feel any details of this beauty, as if all theories of modernity in urban planning that equated the environment and society of the Arab city with its counterparts in northern Canada or in the jungles of Africa were only a trick.

those theories did not take inspiration from the concepts of our traditional cities, as they have nothing to do with our environment, customs & traditions, and do not take in consideration the rectifiers of our history and present.

actually, we shall worry now about the future, as many chronic diseases and social customs have appeared and spread as a result of those designs.

the research had reached the elements of the human city and mentioned some examples of achieving humanization of the city in many countries, whether they are western or middle east countries.

this can help in designing and planning the city in a way that provides human needs and requirements and helps increasing user's satisfaction.

the research had also given illustrative summary of the recommendations, directives, and associated rates.