الفهرس 
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Abstract
Human use and gratification is a fundamental requirement in creating
and preserving successful open spaces. Studies of parks, plazas,
promenades and open spaces in general have shown that fulfilling
people’s needs is a prerequisite for successful public spaces. However,
studies around this area are perplexing and argumentative, and need more
interpretation; especially what is relevant to people’s psychological and
spiritual contentment. Yet, too many spaces still suffer from lack of
attention to user needs. Many open spaces work well, but others are
abandoned, unsafe, or dysfunctional.
Therefore, this thesis alms at understanding and interpreting how
people’s psychological contentment can be fulfilled in relation to
landscape narratives. This main aim has been demonstrated in four parts:
Part One is a literature review that explains the essence of the psychophysicaJ
phenomenon - people’s psychological needs in relation to
landscape narratives, and pertinent theories and speculations. Part Two is
a proposal for an interpretation schema that has been applied on the
actual contexts in order to understand the phenomenon according to its
dichotomy: story-telling (scene explanation), and reality (the lived
experience) in the suggested locations. Part Three is the description of
the lived experience in specific locales at the Nile waterfront. This phase
of the dissertation has been carried out according to: selecting sites for
research, then thoroughly studying the proposed phenomenon in two
types of open spaces: controJled and free open spaces; and terminated by findings and discussions in terms of the fundamental psychological
needs, and the related concept of space ideality. Finally, Part four is
general results and recommendations for creating workable and
compatible restorative open spaces at the Nile waterfront.