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Gendered walkability: Building a daytime walkability index for women
Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2019 Urban walkability is influenced both by built environment features and by pedestrian demographics. Research has shown that factors influencing women’s walking differ from those affecting men’s.
Yael Golan +3 more
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Becoming walkable: relational and contextual effects of enhanced walkability
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2021 This study aims to understand how infill developments with walkable policies influence not only the walkability of the modified area but also the proximate urban spaces located in the context. The paper uses a mixed-methods and a relational approach to conduct comparative research in the form of pre- and post-construction analysis in a recently ...
Soroush Masoumzadeh +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2013 AbstractWalkable dual emissions, in which the emission bands of the walker reversibly cross or leave those of the stationary ones depending on temperature and concentration, have been demonstrated in cyclic dimeric lanthanide complexes [Ln(hfac)3(PAnPO2)]2 (Ln = EuIII, TbIII; hfac− = hexafluoroacetylacetonate; PAnPO2 = 9,10-bis(diphenylphosphino ...
Xu, Hai-Bing +4 more
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ALF-Score-A novel approach to build a predictive network-based walkability scoring system.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Walkability is a term that describes various aspects of the built and social environment and has been associated with physical activity and public health.
Ali M S Alfosool +2 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 As neighborhood walkability has gradually become an important topic in various fields, many cities around the world are promoting an eco-friendly and people-centered walking environment as a top priority in urban planning. The purpose of this study is to
Youngok Kang +3 more
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Urban Social Atlas Öresund, 2023 The physical configuration of an urban space is often best assessed when making a leisurely stroll on the streets. Most modern European cities reflect various ambitions for accessible pavements, supportive ground covers and usable pedestrian crossings, often aligned with national welfare goals for creating an inclusive environment for all.
Jonas E. Andersson, Karolina Celinska
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What is a walkable place? The walkability debate in urban design [PDF]
URBAN DESIGN International, 2015 What exactly is meant by the term ‘walkability’? In professional, research and public debates the term is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena. Some discussions focus on environmental features or means of making walkable environments, including areas being traversable, compact, physically enticing and safe.
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Walkability Explorer: An Evaluation and Design Support Tool for Walkability
, 2014 Walkability Explorer is a software tool for the evaluation of urban walkability which, we argue, is an important aspect of the quality of life in cities. Many conventional approaches to the assessment of quality of life measure the distribution, density and distances of different opportunities in space. But distance is not all there is.
Ivan Blecic +4 more
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Understanding the Walkability Propensity
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2018 Walkability analysis has grown in popularity in recent years: several studies have analysed the public health, economic, environmental, transportation and other benefits of promoting walkability. Different authors in the literature focus on the analysis of walking indicators related to the structure of the road network to explain the walkability of an ...
Nigro, Marialisa +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 The built environment is an important factor affecting physical activity, especially walkability. Walkability is used to characterize the user friendliness of outdoor physical activity.
Hui He +3 more
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