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Urban Design is in essence the process associated with creating better places for people.

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Urban activity can be defined as creating better places for people in which things are happening or being done. Urban activity can be defined as creating better places for people in which things are happening or being done.

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The more time people spend outdoors, the more frequently they meet and the more they talk. Chart plotting the relationship between the number of outdoor activities and frequency of interactions. Need for creating PLACES

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An ordinary day on an ordinary street. Pedestrians pass on the sidewalks, children play near front doors, people sit on benches and steps, the postman makes his rounds with the mail, two passers-by greet on the sidewalk, two mechanics repair a car, groups engage in conversation. This mix of outdoor activities is influenced by a number of conditions. Physical environment is one of the factors: a factor that influences the activities to a varying degree and in many different ways.

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Necessary Activity

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Optional Activity

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Social(resultant) activity

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Illustration based on chart from Jan Gehl, Cities for People, 2011

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The main question to answer is how do you design places that advance from Low quality to High quality?

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1. Busy movement 2. Leisure B A a b

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Urban Plazas & Optional Activities ~ High quality built environment

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TRANSITIONAL NECCESSARY

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TRANSITIONAL NECCESSARY

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TRANSITIONAL NECCESSARY SOCIAL

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TRANSITIONAL

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SOCIAL

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NECCESSARY

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Necessary Activity takes place due to infrastructure and does not necessarily depend on the built Environment

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Optional Activity takes place due to public social realm and does depend on the built Environment

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Social(resultant) Activity is in direct relevancy to Optional Activity and hence is related to the built Environment

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These modules can be replicated in Urban Design to enhance spaces promoting Optional Activities and thereby creating better PLACES

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For creating better Urban Spaces in our cities, there is a need to build spaces which promote Optional Activities

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Increasing Optional Activities will itself lead to the increase in Social Activity.

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