Towards Better Cities: Improving Walkability in Terms of Seven Principles. | ||||
| Journal of Urban Research | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 33, Issue 1, July 2019, Page 154-171 PDF (1.15 MB) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jur.2019.86916 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Rania El Messeidy | ||||
| Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA) University, 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Walking has always been one of the basic transportation techniques in the world. In the middle of the second half of the 20th century, automatic methods were developed, especially private cars. A state of excessive dependence on mechanical transportation has been advanced. More recently, the idea of revitalizing walking as one of the urban mobility ways has begun to increase. Both research and practice work is currently looking for ways of urban rehabilitation to encourage people to go walking and cycling. Indeed walkability is essential in implementing sustainable urban planning; it helps to connect the community while providing alternatives to automotive transport. Walkability has been studied on various levels, various places, and with regards to concepts and factors. Thus this paper aims to study walkability through answering four questions: what, why, how and where? In other words, what is walkability? Why is it beneficial? How could it be implemented in terms of rehabilitation of urban areas? And where is it used? Considering a presented case study in in San Francisco, U.S.A, and another one in Sheikh Zayed, Egypt. The study investigates some key principles that may help improve walkability in communities. The results stress the implementation of seven key principles that guarantee the success of walking and its positive impacts in urban areas. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Walkability; Rehabilitation; Urban Areas; Pedestrians; the Seven Principles | ||||
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