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Measuring the Unmeasurable: Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability
Reid Ewing,Susan L Handy +1 more
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This study attempts to comprehensively and objectively measure subjective qualities of the urban street environment using ratings from an expert panel to arm researchers with operational definitions they can use to measure the street environment and test for significant associations with walking behaviour.Citations
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What is a Walkable Place? The Walkability Debate in Urban Design
TL;DR: Walkability is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena, such as making places lively, enhancing sustainable transportation options and inducing exercise as mentioned in this paper. But what exactly is meant by the term "walkability"?
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Measuring walkability for distinct pedestrian groups with a participatory assessment method: A case study in Lisbon
TL;DR: In this article, a participatory framework for the assessment of walkability based on local circumstances and expertise, replicable on distinct urban contexts is presented, taking into account distinct pedestrian groups (adults, children, seniors and impaired mobility pedestrians).
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Beyond Technology: Demand-Side Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize demand-side mitigation options in the urban, building, transport, and agricultural sectors and discuss key analytical considerations to integrate demand side options into overarching assessments on mitigation.
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Measuring visual enclosure for street walkability: Using machine learning algorithms and Google Street View imagery
Li Yin,Zhenxin Wang +1 more
TL;DR: By applying machine learning algorithms on Google Street View imagery, the results showed that sky areas were identified fairly well for the calculation of proportion of sky and the three visual enclosure measures were found to be correlated with pedestrian volume and Walk Score.
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Transit-oriented development, integration of land use and transport, and pedestrian accessibility: Combining node-place model with pedestrian shed ratio to evaluate and classify station areas in Lisbon
TL;DR: A typology of station areas based on the three components is suggested, which might be used as a planning tool for the development of the station areas into balanced transit-oriented development areas.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Image of the city
Abstract: What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
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The Image of the City
TL;DR: In this article, Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -imageability -and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities.
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The Experience of Nature: A Psychological Perspective
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TL;DR: This book will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment, which will replace existing ideas and practices entirely.