This article discusses different taxonomies to distinguish amongst rules which guide people's behavior, and how such rules can influence individuals in urban public spaces.Additionally, this paper presents a descriptive study which delves on the way people assess the importance of a set of rules of conviviality in public spaces.A total of 421 people of different genders and age groups participated in identifying and evaluating the importance of abiding by the most outstanding rules of coexistence for the city.From a multidimensional scaling perspective, it was established that people assess the importance of rules based on their role for society: health, safety, solidarity, respect and care for the environment and mobility.Variations were also observed in the number of rules which participants regard as important, depending on the age group they belong to.From the results, a public education strategy is proposed which focuses on the dissemination of an integrated system of rules for conviviality, thereby highlighting and clarifying their role and collective benefits to the public.