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Low-cost system application for policy assessment: a case study from Berlin
Environmental Research: HealthLocal policies are part of the toolbox available to decision makers to improve air quality but their effectiveness is underevaluated and underreported. We evaluate the impact of the pedestrianization of a street in the city centre of Berlin on the local ...
Alexandre Caseiro +3 more
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Ain Shams Engineering JournalCairo's overcrowded streets highlight the decline of Egypt's street life, with informal activities resulting from uncontrolled commercial and mixed-use developments.
Ahmed H. Salama +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Education is a cornerstone of sustainable development, yet large disparities in access persist across and within countries—particularly in Africa, where millions remain underserved. Among several factors influencing educational participation, physical accessibility to schools (in terms of travel time) is not comprehensively understood ...
Diana Jaramillo‐Araujo, Jim W. Hall
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, 2013 There has been a growing interest in the transformation of major urban squares in Istanbul in recent years. This heightened trend in the urban renewal of prominent areas within the city has led to multiple pedestrianization projects aimed to revitalize ...
Ozer, Ozlem +2 more
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringIn this study, it is explored how to integrate the participation of spatial design professionals in the co-creation of urban pedestrianizing space with multi-stakeholder participation and community building.
Fei Chen
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Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Design With a Focus on Spatial Organization and Climatic Analysis
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The urban heat island (UHI) effect increases with the growth of cities and population. This situation triggers global climate change, and cities are negatively affected by this situation. In this study, five provinces (Antalya, Gaziantep, Bursa, Kayseri, and Erzurum) located in different climate zones in Turkey were selected as samples ...
Ahmet Salih Günaydın, Murat Yücekaya
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The impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review. [PDF]
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 2022 Zhang Y +6 more
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Pedestrian Safety for Visually Impaired Pedestrian
Journal of Information Systems Engineering and ManagementThe UK is projected to have over four million people with sight loss by 2025, a doubling from current figures (RNIB, 2023). Despite using aids such as white canes and guide dogs, visually impaired pedestrians face challenges like navigating complex crossings and avoiding obstacles on sidewalks (Zeng, 2015; Rey-Galindo et al., 2020). These obstacles not
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how citizens' mobility preferences align with the principles of the 15‐Minute City (15mC), addressing three research questions: what access times and transport modes citizens consider acceptable, whether mobility preference can be clustered, and which services are perceived incompatible with the 15mC.
Maria Perales‐Eguiluz +3 more
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La piétonisation des centres : un nouveau rapport à la proximité dans les villes moyennes ?
GéoProximitéSThe Action Cœur de Ville program, launched by the French government in 2018, encourages projects in favor of walking in the centers of mid-sized cities. This article proposes to focus on the numerous pedestrianization projects of the winning local cities
Emilie Roudier
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