Human Behavior and Psychological Needs in Cairo’s Urban Spaces

The book discusses the needs and characterizes the human behavior, in Cairo, the second largest capital and congested pattern international wide. Aiming to reform a decision matrix that assists local urban planners in shaping up and the design of urban spaces, that respond adequately to human physical and psychological needs. The analysis of the behavioral influential factors that underlie and shape up the impact of different spaces are analyzed, and the behavioral elements that people expect from local urban spaces are disused in terms of a questionnaire study. El Attaba Square and Abd El Aziz Street are studied using behavioral mapping techniques through using drawings, photographs, design data, interviews and surveys which could be indispensable data to any architect interested in local urban designers, who wants to create places that really work for people. The outcome is a set of criteria, meeting the psychological needs of locals in urban spaces. Thus creating a place identity that creates a sense of belonging between local people and the urban spaces, in addition to the presence of social activities to anchor people to their urban space