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Classification of Urban Spaces: An Attempt to Classify Al-Baha City Urban Spaces Using Carmona’s Classification

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  • Abdulaziz Alzahrani

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Due to an increasingly complex mixture of different types of public spaces and their functions in cities, the role of public spaces can be enhanced to serve users under certain circumstances. This paper examines Carmona’s classification of urban spaces in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia. Carmona introduces a classification that uses aspects of function, perception, and ownership to distinguish between space types. Twenty urban space types are recognized in four groups, representing a variety from clearly public to private space. The classifications of public spaces will be discussed to arrive at classifications for public spaces based on how public spaces are managed. The article builds an understanding of how such classifications relate to how real public spaces are provided today. In this case study, a Geographic Information System (GIS) map is created for Al-Baha Central District and includes the resulting classifications. From the 119 urban spaces selected to represent this study equally distributed across the study area, there are 12 types that public spaces match Carmona’s classification. The classification of urban spaces for this case study revealed the complexity of public spaces’ nature and the difficulty of distinguishing what is public. Public spaces tend to change and develop over time through other uses and activities. However, the classification of public spaces is a valuable tool that policymakers and planners can use to set comprehensive development plan programs and plan open space strategies.

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  • Abdulaziz Alzahrani, 2022. "Classification of Urban Spaces: An Attempt to Classify Al-Baha City Urban Spaces Using Carmona’s Classification," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:12:y:2022:i:2:p:21582440221097892
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440221097892
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    1. Matthew Carmona, 2015. "Re-theorising contemporary public space: a new narrative and a new normative," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(4), pages 373-405, December.
    2. Vikas Mehta, 2014. "Evaluating Public Space," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1), pages 53-88, January.
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