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Abstract
Urban public spaces should definitely be reclaimed as outdoor living domains. They are considered core elements of every society, where interrelations develop and sense of responsibility and ownership emerge. To assess public spaces, architectural and urban design pioneers have suggested a group of qualities that were organized and sorted to attain a coherent set of benchmarks and a defined process that ensure the open space’s success. Unfortunately, digital media overreliance alongside its addicts’ distinctive personality traits is challenging the long-established qualities of the public spaces, making them less livable and more deserted. This problem is considered to be a worldwide problem, massively affected by the urbanized environment. However, what has been introduced as a high threat to public space endurance, can also be equipped in the public behavioral patterns evolution. Rather than focusing on digital media as the main reason behind public space abandonment, it can be used as an opportunity to attract more people, engage them within public spaces and evaluate their experience in order to improve and induce public involvement. This research focuses on assessing urban public spaces and their overall quality measurements, followed by introducing new prospects for their revitalization using digital media tools. This is achieved by studying the effect of digital media tools’ implementation in the public domain, and how far they can reestablish the lost qualities of the public space, using a case study. A questionnaire was held, at a neighborhood park in Smouha, Alexandria, to determine the qualities assessment, and compare the results reflecting the space success before and after suggested media tools interventions. Finally, the research’s aim is to reach a set of recommendations that can be applied in the lost spaces of communities, neglected due to the excessive use of digital media and its related behavioral .changes, and suggest innovative and convenient methods for public space revitalization.