Urban Security
The second base of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is about safety and security. This need is one of the most essential needs in a human’s life. A sense of security is the prerequisite for the success of a design or an urban space. Because the feeling of insecurity and fear of being the victim can exclude some spaces from the flow of life and disperse people from them. On the other hand, social life with interactions and a sense of belonging can make people feel secure and also reduce the crime rate.
Evaluating the security of a place should implement by collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data. The suitable solutions should be determined according to the type of the spaces’ problems and be implemented with the participation of Authorities, Beneficiaries, and society.
Urban Safety
The safety of space is an essential factor to determine the level and the ways that different social groups are using a space. Most urban spaces can be converted into safer and healthier places, just by changing the design or function of the place. Prioritization of pedestrian movements on the street through design and planning is one the most effective ways to increase the safety of users of the space.
The Physical And Mental Health of Residents
Public art is different from the kind of art that is created for the museum
Paying attention to residents’ physical and mental health is one of the most important duties that can be considered the duty of a Paragon City. Cities and urban spaces should be designed and planned in a way that not only not puts its citizens’ health in danger, but also makes it possible for them to increase their physical strength in a healthy space. Such a situation should be applied to all the groups in society and not just including the people without physical and mental problems. It should consider the groups like the people with disabilities (mental and physical) and the elderly too and have a special plan and design for them.
Supporting Culture And Creativity
Nowadays culture and creativity are known as essential elements for urban developments. Creativity is a way to respond to the probable problems which may occur as a result of globalization and global cities’ competition that is based on specified standards and criteria. We can mention weakening the local cultures and identity of districts and cities as such problems. Creativity can operate as a way to confront these problems, can be used as a tool for strengthen local economy structures, attaining social organizations, and increasing inclusion in civil society. Because of the strong relationship between culture and quality of life, if the development is seen as a promoter of the quality of life of the citizens, the cultural dimension won’t be unseen in development.
Supporting Innovation
One of The best ways to improve a city is to mobilize its inhabitants. Innovations in technology, services, and governance are the tools that can be used to increase the citizens’ quality of life. All innovations must be centered on the inhabitants, holding on to the principles of universal design and be usable by folks of all ages as well as abilities.
Supporting Gender Equality
Considering inclusiveness for all genders in spaces is an important and effective factor in economical flourishing and social interactions. Some characteristics may cause the space to become a space for a single-sex and neglect other genders. This can lead to reducing the gender diversity in a space and make that space uncomfortable and insecure for the neglected gender groups. This issue can have economic consequences, in addition to social problems. In a paragon city, spaces have been designed and operated in a manner that gives everybody from every gender group equal opportunities to experience life.
Supporting Sustainable Development’s Elements
Sustainable development is a concept that entered the urban development literature. This concept generally means balancing the needs of society and its resources, in a manner that not only responds to current society’s needs but also meets the needs of future society. Sustainability is known and valued in four dimensions, including social, economic, environmental, and cultural. In a Paragon City, urban design and planning should be implemented in a way that all the sustainability elements stay on board.
- Social Sustainability
- Economical Sustainability
- Environmental Sustainability
- Cultural Sustainability
Microeconomics’ Efficiency
If an urban design is open to interaction, it can create a chance for local stores to offer their services to the community. Retail prosperity in an urban space, while having positive effects on the local economy, acts as a mirror to reflect the social interaction rate and people’s intention to be present in that space.
Conservation And Rehabilitation of The Urban Heritage
Child – Friendly – Age-Friendly – Disabled – Friendly
When speaking of “urban heritage”, what comes to the most urban planners and managers’ minds are usually “monuments”, i.e. churches, temples, all sorts of religious buildings, palaces, castles, fortresses, historic city walls and gates, and other types of institutional buildings (e.g. of education, science, administration, or other social purposes). This approach often excludes historic residential areas and historic city centers which equally represent the urban heritage. Also, there may even be non-tangible elements of urban heritage, such as customs and beliefs, which play an important role in the articulation of space and the built environment and the ways it’s been used. Due to the existence of international cultural organizations, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the International Commission on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and a good number of local conservation groups, monuments have at least a “lobby” and are in a somewhat more favorable situation than historic residential areas. The mentioned organizations and interest groups are seemed to yield some success in their efforts to achieve greater interests for the course of preservation and conservation of old monuments of historic value. However, seldom is a cross-reference made between urban heritage and sustainability. The recent concern for sustainability and the “brown agenda” of urban environmental development has completely excluded urban heritage from the sustainability discussion. The built environment and built expressions of culture, military, economic and religious powers, and forces, as parts of the national heritage, deserve to be included in this perspective, and urban heritage should attain the status of a preservable asset that can benefit the present and the future of the cities. These assets are not just limited to cultural perspectives, but also can become an economic asset with a good potential for economic exploitation, for instance through reinforcing heritage-based tourism, we can lead to economic prosperity.
Social Education
Raising social awareness about society’s concerns and challenges can take place by educating them in various fields. This process will train more responsible, useful, and socially wiser citizens.
Quality of Ways And Access Rate
Ways and paths formed a great number of city’s parts and a lot of citizen’s lifetime passes in urban paths. As urban spaces, streets should have adequate quality and Permeability for people to spend time in.
Urban Adaptability
As the world rapidly changes, a city must be designed to face unseen shifts with preparedness. If the cities have been designed to be adaptive when required, many of the problems that may occur by changes in different dimensions can be solved effortlessly.
Urban Mobility
Movement and access systems in cities, are shaped to respond to two general goals, movement, and access. This system can be compared to the body’s circulatory system. The main roads and fast vehicles with high capacity, act as main veins and play a movement role. Sub-roads and the vehicles which suitable for local paths, act as capillaries and do the access parts. Usually, in movement, speed, and access, texture permeability is the priority.
So many factors affect movement and access systems in the cities. Some of these factors shape this system, i.e. the regulating policies and rules, land use and urban design, users’ behavior, and preferences. Other factors are the implementing ways of movement in the city, i.e. using personal vehicles, walking and biking, using public transportation, and novel moving systems. In case these factors work together properly and give users wide and suitable choices, the moving system would have the considered performance.
Justice in Providing Opportunities
Urban services should be distributed in the city in a manner that is not just able to be used by specific groups or social classes. Every citizen should have the opportunity of using urban spaces, services, and facilities. They should be able to bloom their talents by using these facilities.