NEGHBORHOOD OPEN SPACE

Neighborhood Open Spaces (NOS) such as public spaces around people’s homes, parks and
village greens, may support activity and socializing for older adults.

These spaces might be especially important for older adults as they typically are less mobile and
have smaller activity spaces and social networks than other age groups.

The present exploratory sequential mixed methods study investigates the association between
built environment features, social interaction, and walking within NOS, among older adults
living in a low socio-economic neighborhood.

Walking was predicted by the condition and shade along paths, seating and landscaping. Social
interaction was negatively associated with walking, suggesting that older adults tend to sit down
when engaging in social activities.

Interviews highlighted the importance of social interaction within NOS. Future designs of NOS
should acknowledge the importance of social meeting places, but at the same time provide
walkable spaces for older adults to promote healthy aging.

BETHEL

-The space located at Addis Ababa around bethel rome Seder. The space includes tress, plants,
there is interior walking way for the movement and not damage the grass and also there are
benches to sit.
It create more temperature atmosphere.
It gives different services for the neighborhood to refresh alone, for photoshoot, children to play,
for study or to doworks It is surrounded by homes and walking path.
SENE SELASA -The space located at Addis Ababa around weyra this place head quartered in
Addis Ababa. It is included trees, plants, children’s games and also it’s create more temperature
atmosphere.
Which is suitable for sharing events, children’s playground.
It is public space for the society around there.
It is surrounded by homes and walking path there is no interior walking way and there is no
benches to sit Local Neighborhood open space
. It gives different services for the neighbors like social gathering to share and celebrate different
events like kids birthday the kids can met other kids to play.
It doesn’t have that much shade but it is good for kids.

INTERNATIONAL NEIGNBORHOOD SPACE

THE CIRCLE IN UPTOWN NORMAL, IL

The Circle is a living plaza where naturally-cleansed stormwater, public space, and
transportation work in unison.

It is a distinctive place within the town that draws directly on its history and urban context while
expressing the values of sustainability that Normal decided would guide its future.
Located in the heart of Normal’s central business district, the Circle functions on its most basic
level as a traffic circle resolving a poorly aligned intersection.
At its center is a park with seating, a water feature, shade, and an open plaza.
The Circle’s water feature makes sustainable stormwater treatment visible, tangible and
educational by using the work of water cleansing as a primary aesthetic feature of the design.
This area serves as a gateway to those entering the community from the multi-modal
transportation station to the south.
The Circle is the core design feature of a larger Uptown Normal renewal plan with a heavy
emphasis on sustainability.
A model of smart growth, the plan directed development to the Town’s historic core to utilize
existing infrastructure, transit choices, and higher density.
The Circle is a hub of dynamic social activity: children play in the water, arts and corn festivals
are celebrated, the University band performs, people wait for trains coming into the station, and
cyclists on Constitution trail, the former railroad, stop to eat lunch.
The Circle gives Normal a public green with a strong sense of place - particularly important in a
community with no distinctive natural features and a better-known sister city.