People perception towards urban public life in old town Ipoh / Ahmad Mursyid Hafas and Norhafizah Abdul Rahman

Urban public spaces are essential for stimulating social connections, community participation, and overall human wellbeing. They also play a significant role in determining the quality of urban living. A crucial component of their design and planning is how people will experience these places as users and observers. This study intends to look into how people perceive urban public life from a landscape architecture perspective. A quantitative techniques is used in the study. In order to gain understanding of people's experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of urban public places, qualitative data are gathered through questionaires via online survey and support by some site observations. Some photos on site to support how they perceived urban public life.. Surveys and questionnaires are used to collect quantitative data in order to compile statistics on people's preferences, demographics, and views of different aspects of urban public areas.Urban public spaces are essential for stimulating social connections, community participation, and overall human wellbeing. They also play a significant role in determining the quality of urban living. The research shows that people's perceptions of urban public life are complex and influenced by a range of components, such as design features, geographical characteristics, cultural background, and personal experiences. Public places that are well-designed, welcoming, inclusive, and safe and that offer chances for social contact, recreation, relaxation, and connection to nature are related with positive perceptions. Poorly planned areas with insufficient amenities, a lack of safety, and little possibilities for social interaction are all associated with negative evaluations. The study emphasises how crucial it is to take into account people perception while creating and organising urban public areas. In order to design inclusive, lively, and sustainable public places that improve the overall urban environment and contribute to the wellbeing of communities, landscape architects and urban planners must comprehend the many viewpoints and experiences of users.