THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ON USERS’ SENSE OF SAFETY IN OPEN SPACES: INCREASING PALESTINIAN REFUGEES’ SENSE OF SAFETY IN OPEN SPACES IN BAQA’A CAMP IN JORDAN

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Since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948, thousands of Palestinians have been forced to leave their home and be displaced to poor urban settlements. The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognized that safety issues in camp areas might affect refugees' experience in open spaces. Baqa'a refugee camp in Jordan is one of the largest Palestinian refugee camps in the middle east, with a high proportion of refugees, so it provides research context for open spaces in permanent refugee camps. This study will study the case of the Baqa'a Palestinian refugee camp to understand the physical environmental design of open spaces affects the users' sense of safety and experience in open spaces in the context of refugee camps. Qualitative research approaches were used to examine the research questions and acquire the study's aims. The methodological approach is designed to understand how physical and non-physical factors of open spaces in refugee camps influence the level of sense of safety of refugees. This study will draw urban designers' and planners' attention to understanding the impact of the physical environmental design of open spaces on users' sense of safety in poor communities like refugee camps.

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Sustainable urbanism, Open spaces, Sense of safety, Human experience, Refugee camps, CPTED

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H. ABUZAID, “THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ON USERS’ SENSE OF SAFETY IN OPEN SPACES: INCREASING PALESTINIAN REFUGEES’ SENSE OF SAFETY IN OPEN SPACES IN BAQA’A CAMP IN JORDAN,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.