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Abstract
In Egypt, new cities are being established to solve the problems of population congestion on the Nile Valley and Delta; new cities have emerged to overcome congestion, high density, and pollution in existing cities. However, there is a severe lack in achieving the target of these new cities, in terms of population, economic, and urban growth. An important reason is that these cities have low urbanity levels in terms of vibrant street life, lively and vital neighborhoods, and economic vitality. Urbanity here is about social and economic activities and interactions among people in city spaces, the lack of urbanity decreases the quality of life in urban spaces. Based on observations, many areas in new cities lack activities and interactions that were familiar to occur in urban spaces in old cities. Some researchers attribute this to the modern planning approaches (the neighborhood unit) undertaken to plan new cities. The hierarchical well-connected urban spaces in old cities that are missed in new cities encouraged activities, encounters, and interactions to occur. So, some new cities seem dull and monotonous, many residential areas are empty for long hours. Using spatial analysis techniques can help urban planners to evaluate urbanity levels in new cities to face current urban challenges. People need to live in vital neighbourhoods with flourishing street life is inconstant and varies depending on social, economic, or cultural factors, it also depends on some personal preferences. In this research, space syntax analyses were implemented to qualitatively and quantitatively investigate urbanity levels in new cities. To conduct this research, three case studies were selected; 6th of October, New Damietta, and New Cairo and analyses from different methods were overlapped to provide a clear understanding of the relation between the city and inhabitants. This thesis emphasizes the importance of enrolling spatial analysis in the planning and decision-making process to enhance urbanity in the next generations of new cities.