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BelongingScape: Enhancing Urban Streetscapes for Inclusivity and Accessibility

This thesis explores the urban realm of Central Newtown, Wellington, focusing on the transformative design of contested spaces to enhance safety and accessibility for students.
Elizabeth Hung
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The Impact of Urban Design on Utilitarian and Leisure Walking—The Relative Influence of Street Network Connectivity and Streetscape Features

Urban Science
Road network connectivity determines the accessibility of urban activities for pedestrians, while streetscape characteristics have an impact on route attractiveness. Methods used to measure the influence of connectivity and streetscape characteristics on walking behavior differ substantially, while trip purpose is a key factor.
Mauro F. Pereira, Paula Santana, David S. Vale   +2 more
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Presenting a Dynamic User Experience Assessment (D-UXA) for Enhancing Urban Research and Design Practice

, 2022
Background and objectives Before the Covid-19 pandemic, important social studies already indicated the severe negative feedback associated with high-rise developments.
Suurenbroek, Frank, Schramkó, Sába, Spanjar, Gideon   +2 more
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Urban visual clusters and road transport fatalities: A global city-level image analysis

Communications in Transportation Research
Road traffic crashes are among the leading causes of death and injury worldwide. While urban planning and design are known to influence road safety, it is not clear how features of the built environment contribute to traffic fatalities. In this study, we
Zhuangyuan Fan, Becky P.Y. Loo
doaj   +1 more source

Jazz, improvisation, and streetscapes : guidelines for in-fill development

, 2001
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Jones, Timothy Germain, 1973-
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Restorative Environmental Design for Densifying Cities [PDF]

, 2013
The urban population around the world is growing rapidly. Although increasing urbanization has positive aspects, it has also raised concerns about environmental, economic and social sustainability.
Líndal, Páll Jakob, Páll Jakob Líndal 1973-   +1 more
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The Urban fabric: upcycling textile waste into raw material for urban ground surface design

, 2022
Landscape surface materials have the opportunity to ground us in our experience and use of materials in the built environment. Surface materials describe the physical textures of the urban areas and include soft and hard landscape solutions, streetscapes,
Yang, Wenlin
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From Urban Heat Islands to Resilient Cities: A Conceptual Framework for Resilient and Sustainable Urban Environments

Architecture
Urbanisation and climate change are intensifying heat risks in cities worldwide through the combined effects of global warming and the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon.
Agam Podi Kalindu Dhaneesha Mendis, Chamindi Malalgoda   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of skeletal streetscape design on perceived safety

, 2015
It is important for planners and urban designers to understand how physical characteristics of urban streetscapes contribute to perceptions of them as safe, comfortable urban spaces.
Aultman-Hall, Lisa, Hurley, Stephanie E., Troy, Austin, Harvey, Chester   +3 more
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Design climate-adaptive urban green regeneration: Nbs strategies for future-proof streetscapes

Game changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024In the last two decades, global cities are addressing climate challenges, by transforming their infrastructural spaces through Climate-adaptive Nature-based ...
Andaloro, Bianca, Raffa, Alessandro, Macaione, Ina   +2 more
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