تقييم الفراغات الحضرية من منظور التصميم الحضري الشامل "العالمي": التصميم الحضري الشامل من النظرية إلى التطبيق

Abstract EN

Universal design (UD) is one of the modern methods that support the preservation of factors of social sustainability and that provide a fair distribution of services and equality between generations.

the comprehensive design of urban spaces aims to make public spaces more usable under all developments and surrounding conditions, keeping pace with technological development.

previous studies in the field of universal urban design indicated that there is no comprehensive evaluation mechanism through which to evaluate the extent to which the urban space achieves the principles of universal design, so the current research was keen to formulate a set of design criteria based on the seven principles of universal design as an initial step towards developing specific criteria and indicators for each area of universal design.

to achieve the desired goal, a descriptive study was conducted on the universal design (UD), its genesis, and its guiding principles from the urban perspective.

three case studies were analysed that were keen to achieve the principles of universal design (UD) within their urban spaces to be universal areas to reach the most important criteria for achieving the principles in the design and development stage, and to study the extent of the change brought about by the principles on the urban space.

the principle of participation was activated to determine the logical relative weights of the universal urban design criteria proposed for evaluation, through conducting two questionnaires directed to experienced academics, researchers and engineers working in the field of urban design.

and by analysing the answers to the questionnaire, the largest percentage unanimously agreed that the principles of equitable use and flexibility in use are the most important principles in that they give an identity to the universal design of urban spaces, low physical effort and tolerance for error are less important than the rest of the seven principles.