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Urban Space and the Formation of Behavioral Patterns

01About This Special Issue

Urban spaces are an area for the presence and occurrence of different behaviors of citizens. The relationship between space and behavior or the environment and society, both in the social sciences (aesthetics, sociology, psychology and management) and in environmental sciences (architecture, geography and urbanization) has led to the emergence of theoretical models, which in general provide a good guide for the formulation of a space-based model in urban behavior management, the base of the above theories are that open space makes social production; urban space in general and urban imagery in particular make behavior reveal. Considering human desires and motivations in shaping urban spaces in the last few decades has been highly sought after. In this regard, some people with emphasizing on the existence of behavioral patterns in these spaces attach importance to recognize and apply these activities and behaviors in designing and shaping urban spaces. The presence of people in urban areas with the aim of "being in space" is one of the components of the vitality of urban spaces, Which leads to the promotion of social relationships, the increase of natural security, the sense of belonging to the place by increasing the possibility of occurrence of individual and collective memories and reducing crime in the city.
Aims and Scope:
  1. Behavioral Patterns
  2. Environmental Psychology
  3. Urban Spaces
  4. Urban Morphology
  5. Spaces Analysis
  6. Space Typology

02Meet the Guest Editors

Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.

Lead Guest Editor

Navid Paknezhad

Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran

Guest Editor

Vo Trong Cang

Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Guest Editor

Gholamreza Latifi

Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran