{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T23:02:18Z","timestamp":1782255738733,"version":"3.54.5"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["sace"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Urban open spaces have frequently been a vital destination for people to connect with one another. The efficiency of urban open spaces depends on their social, health, environmental, and economic benefits. However, little attention has been given to the impact of the relationship between the spatial environment and social interactions on the quality of urban open spaces to be vibrant spaces responding to the change in users\u2019 needs. This study examines the integration between placemaking and space syntax approaches where overlapping relationships between the social and spatial aspects are found. This study aims to extract a conceptual framework with specific stages that can be followed for evaluating \u201cquality\u201d in urban open spaces and then can enhance the weaknesses. Thus, it is to direct the designers\u2019 attention to rediscovering social and recreational uses in these spaces according to people\u2019s needs and spatial configurations. The De Lesseps Bay project in Port Said city, in Egypt, was firstly analyzed through a quantitative method using the space syntax tool \u201cDepthmapX\u201d to understand social decisions and behaviors based on the selected spatial indicators, and secondly through a qualitative method using face-to-face interviews and field observations checklists to understand users\u2019 needs in the place using the Pareto principle and a scoring system. The findings revealed the quality indicators of the place as the most needed factors for users such as attractiveness, vitality, clustered and integrated activities, visual appeal, safety, people connectivity, and accessibility. The spatial relations directly affected the \u201caccess and image\u201d and \u201ccomfort and image\u201d attributes of the placemaking approach, as well as indirectly affected the \u201cuses and activities\u201d and \u201csociability\u201d attributes. This paper suggests expanding the concept of \u201cquality\u201d to include the comprehensive principles of creating vibrant spaces to continue responding to the change in community needs and renewal of other things in an urban environment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5755\/j01.sace.31.2.31311","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T09:28:57Z","timestamp":1666776537000},"page":"58-84","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Toward A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Quality of Urban Open Spaces"],"prefix":"10.5755","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Sara","family":"Eltarabily","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3786","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]},"container-title":["Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/sace.ktu.lt\/index.php\/DAS\/article\/download\/31311\/15561","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/sace.ktu.lt\/index.php\/DAS\/article\/download\/31311\/15561","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T09:29:00Z","timestamp":1666776540000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/sace.ktu.lt\/index.php\/DAS\/article\/view\/31311"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5755\/j01.sace.31.2.31311","relation":{},"ISSN":["2335-2000","2029-9990"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2335-2000","type":"electronic"},{"value":"2029-9990","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]}}}