Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability

The functions of streets as social places have been undermined by the emergence of modern shopping malls that focus on indoor social activities. Streets mainly use as channels for vehicular movement rather than spaces for social activities due to the dominance of car-oriented environment. In the con...

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Main Authors: Ujang, Norsidah, Rakhshanifar, Mahboubeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Akademia Baru 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/1/Place-based%20and%20people-based.pdf
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author Ujang, Norsidah
Rakhshanifar, Mahboubeh
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description The functions of streets as social places have been undermined by the emergence of modern shopping malls that focus on indoor social activities. Streets mainly use as channels for vehicular movement rather than spaces for social activities due to the dominance of car-oriented environment. In the context of Kuala Lumpur city, in spite of the high intensity of pedestrians in the main shopping streets fewer social activities observed especially in static form like sitting, standing and so forth. The lack of social activities in the main shopping streets could be due to the quality of the physical and the social environmental characteristics. The aim of this paper is to review the related theories explaining social logic of the streets. These theories include theory of change and behaviour setting, cities as movement economies, and third place theory. The finding of this paper would reveal the conceptual framework related to street sociability which would provide better understanding of the nature of the social activities and street sociability in the context of urban design.
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spelling upm-817452022-12-15T02:53:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/ Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability Ujang, Norsidah Rakhshanifar, Mahboubeh The functions of streets as social places have been undermined by the emergence of modern shopping malls that focus on indoor social activities. Streets mainly use as channels for vehicular movement rather than spaces for social activities due to the dominance of car-oriented environment. In the context of Kuala Lumpur city, in spite of the high intensity of pedestrians in the main shopping streets fewer social activities observed especially in static form like sitting, standing and so forth. The lack of social activities in the main shopping streets could be due to the quality of the physical and the social environmental characteristics. The aim of this paper is to review the related theories explaining social logic of the streets. These theories include theory of change and behaviour setting, cities as movement economies, and third place theory. The finding of this paper would reveal the conceptual framework related to street sociability which would provide better understanding of the nature of the social activities and street sociability in the context of urban design. Penerbit Akademia Baru 2019-07-21 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/1/Place-based%20and%20people-based.pdf Ujang, Norsidah and Rakhshanifar, Mahboubeh (2019) Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability. Journal of Advanced Research Design, 55 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2289-7984 https://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARDV55_N1_P1_10.pdf
spellingShingle Ujang, Norsidah
Rakhshanifar, Mahboubeh
Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title_full Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title_fullStr Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title_full_unstemmed Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title_short Place-Based and People-Based Aspects of Street Sociability
title_sort place-based and people-based aspects of street sociability
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81745/1/Place-based%20and%20people-based.pdf