Eman Mohamed Abdelfattah Moustafa Elghazzawi <br/><br/>
The impact of political events on the sustainability of public squares /  
 تأثير الأحداث السياسية علي إستدامة الميادين العامة 
Eman Mohamed Abdel Fattah Moustafa Elghazzawi ; Supervised Ayman Hassan Ahmed Mahmoud , Hosam Mohamed Abdelaziz 
 - Cairo :   Eman Mohamed Abdelfattah Moustafa Elghazzawi ,   2015 
 - 161 P. :   ill. ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering 
<br/><br/> Urban public squares, within the context of public spaces, are essential components of cities  because they provide spaces for social, cultural & political interaction. This helps sustain the  humanizing of the society through users gathering, and engaging together into various human  activities and can make significant contributions to the cultural development of communities.  In the last years, the concept of public space has been redefined within the context of urban  space due to the effect of surrounding events such as economic, political and the memorial  events. The fundamental change in the political situation in most countries of the world have  led to the release of many of the various revolutions in the public squares, making these fields  a turning point to the study of the use of these spaces, and how it was affected by human  behavior in terms of the moral and material rights and how they impact them functionally.  The aim of this study is to extract humanistic design attributes that can be used in the  production of a sustainable public square in any town. To do that, the study explores the  meaning of urban square as a public space through users eyes. Furthermore, it examines the  political experience, social, and cultural components (regarding the behavioral,  psychological, physical, visual-aesthetic, geographical and managerial aspects) of urban  square and critically reflects on the design of the Square, that led architects to begin in  designing sustainable spaces accommodating the unusual gatherings and are provided with  taking into consideration the human aspects 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Public Space Sustainable Urban Square Design Urban Square