First International Conference on Humanizing Cities

Humanizing cities is one of the concepts that seek to improve a city’s living conditions for its citizens. It seems nowadays that levels of humanity in city spaces and activities have greatly declined. Cities have been focusing more on creating spaces for vehicle accommodation rather than providing citizens with spaces that encourage social participation and engagement. Neglecting the human factor in city planning is obvious in the lack of public spaces where citizens can enjoy the city. This is also apparent in the lack of pedestrian-friendly streets and sidewalks, as well as building design. City planning and development that is focused more on vehicles over the human need has led to high pollution rates and resulted in cities that are not people-friendly.