Samah Khalil & Maha Muhtaseb

Abstract
The informal activities are a part of everyday life, its a part in every segment of urban space, its affected by the urban context and the urban fabric is affected in return. Up until recently, it was uncontrolled and ignored in urban designs, it was considered as a problem that should be removed, but the present trend is obtaining it. This include both the economically and in urban planning. The aim of the paper is to show the effect of these informal activities on the urban fabric and focus on these influences on the public and social spaces, with a case study of Ramallah city as the capital of economy and the risen population by in-migrants there. Moreover, to set the basic points that should be considered in urban design in order to relate those informal activities plus recreate and reorganize spaces containing them.

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