Streets as Primary Urban Public Space

Urban design and planning literature stresses the role of and need for meaningfulpublic space for the experience of public life and social interaction. There is a growing belief that while modern urban societies no longer depend on the town square or the piazza in their settlements for basic survival needs, good urban public spaces are required for the social and psychological health of modern communities. Scholars in various fields related to urban studies contend that it is the streets, plazas, squares, parks, and other urban public spaces that have the ability to support, facilitate, and pro-mote public life, which is an essential counterpart to our private, home, and wor