The study of the design standards in the urban spaces in the residential areas is related to the study of the user's needs in those outdoor spaces and the study of the design elements of these spaces and the standards of design to be taken into the design process to suit the needs of the user of all levels, especially the elderly and handicapped.
Therefore, the research deals with the study of design standards in urban spaces and their impact on the relationship between residents, especially the moral and social aspect, and on the outdoor urban space and its relationship to humans and the urban environment at several levels to reach a general and detailed frame that contributes to the process of designing external urban spaces and serves the urban design process in order to achieve basic human needs and provide social activities and achieve sustainability in the urban spaces to achieve the environmental and social needs of the population. The study includes beginning of closed residential communities in Egypt and the reasons for their emergence, their advantages and disadvantages.
The study adopted an analytical approach to the human and material phenomena in the design process, which is based on two analytical frameworks. The first is general, which includes the analysis of the elements of the urban space by evaluating the urban spaces within the residential communities, and the second, a detailed approach  several components such as  achieving human needs within those spaces, and studying the importance and  type of external space, the human aspect, adding the means of supporting and encouraging people to spend their time in the outdoor space with a questionnaire for the residents of the residential complex to find out the extent of the achievement and success of these investigations in achieving their goals, and through that access to the achievement and recommendations