Investigating the indicators of urban public spaces with an emphasis on increasing social interactions: A Case study: The streets of Kerman

Urban spaces are the container and place for the social life of people in society, social interaction and people's participation can be considered as the main and basic element of urban space content, which affects urban relationships and activities. Urban open spaces such as the street are considered as the most important place for social interaction of citizens and the manifestation of urban civic life and the place of events and social activities of citizens in urban life. But today, in most cities of the country, people see the urban space as a path to pass and instead of the spaces encouraging them to pause and socialize. The importance of speed, technology and time has changed more than the speed and has caused the pedestrians' needs to be ignored and the lack of quality in the city street, which has weakened social interactions and therefore and based on this, the purpose of this research is to examine the indicators of urban public spaces with an emphasis on increasing social activities