Investigating Movement Patterns in Urban Public Open Spaces and Their Impact on Urban Design

Abstract

The main audience of an urban space is its users, and urban space becomes significant only by the presence of
people. Therefore, it can be said that the success of any urban space is due to its response to needs of users and
consistency of design (body) and content (behavior). As a result, research on the users of an urban space can be
applied as a valuable resource in the planning, design and management of urban spaces. In this way, to measure
the responsiveness of an urban space, paying attention to current behaviors and using a variety of behavior
settings will be the first step, so that a clear picture of the current state of urban space and consistency between
the design and the content can be achieved.
This research aimed to investigate the movement patterns of users in public spaces using descriptive analysis in
order to obtain a more complete evaluation and recognition of such spaces.
It was concluded that various patterns, whether in pauses or in movements, can be extractable, and urban public
spaces can be better designed by recognizing and predicting each of these patterns.