Post Utilization Evaluation of Urban Hangouts to Analyze Its Effects on Vivacity Development (A Case Study of Urban Hangout in Natural Historic Pathway of Isfahan)

If we assume the city as a living organism, it needs vitality to survive. Today, the provision of urban vitality is one of the main concerns of urban management, especially in the developed countries. Urban space is an important factor to promote vitality in cities, but the role of urban space in our country is declining day by day. One of the urban spaces is hangout. Urban hangouts are spaces for social interaction, usage of urban landscape, resuscitation collective memories and creating a sense of attachment to urban space by citizens. In this study, it was tried to investigate the effectiveness of urban hangouts as behavioral camp to promote urban public spaces vitality. The case study was Niasarm in Isfahan which is introduced as an urban hangout. The method of research was descriptive-analytical. The independent variable was urban hangout and the dependent variable was vitality. The hypothesis of the research was examined using the P.O.E method.