Citation

Abusaada H, Elshater A. Int. J. Community Wellbeing 2020; 3(2): 109-159.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s42413-019-00042-w

PMID

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Abstract

Crowding in public places and the subsequent degradation of the high quality of urban atmospheres leads to an increase in people's aggressive attitudes. The consequences of these three variables on people's dissatisfaction have become apparent and can be monitored through the following five phenomena of urban atmospheres: aesthetic, affective, attributes, architectural quality, and behavioural attitudes. The five above-mentioned phenomena, together with nine situations that arise from the impacts of the urban atmospheres, help to create an integrated conceptual framework. By using this framework, this paper aims to present an anti-crowding action plan in public places based on revelations of people's moods, attitudes, and satisfaction. This article classifies descriptive and exploratory studies, which depend on evidence-based practice. It searches in theoretical literature thoroughly, testing parameters of reality, to provide the urban designer with guidelines related to the components which affect crowding. Online surveys between experts from different cities around the world reveal the existence and extent of this conflict in sixteen global cities. The key finding was that urban atmospheres as a tool for decreasing feelings of dissatisfaction due to crowding that enhances people's satisfaction. The results also show that this enhancement is based on atmospheric urban design dimensions. Ultimately, this article concludes with an action plan and four lessons learned, help in providing a proper human mood in public places for reducing negative attitudes relating to atmosphere and crowding. Further studies should focus on the real cooperation between the urban designer and experts in other disciplines.

Language: en