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Modeling walkability: The efects of street design, street-network confguration and land-use on pedestrian movement

Title	Modeling walkability: The efects of street design, street-network confguration and land-use on pedestrian movement
Author	Torun, Ayşe Özbil, Yeşiltepe, D., Argın, G.
Publication Date:	2015-11
Publication Place	- ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture
Subject	Istanbul, Land use, Pedestrian movement, Street design, Street network configuration
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1302-8324
Record ID	84201b03-2fe8-4f85-9c47-8fb9a7cac2fc
Library Location	Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Date	2015-11
Notes	TÜBİTAK
Sample Text	Tis study explores the relative association of street design –local qualities of street environment–, street network confguration –spatial structure of the urban grid–, and land use patterns with the distribution of pedestrian fows. Te aim is to better understand the extent to which systematically measured street-level urban design qualities and objectively measured street network confguration are related to pedestrian movement, controlling for land use. 20 2kmx2km areas in Istanbul were studied in order to establish correlations between street design, street confguration and densities of pedestrian movement. Pedestrian data were collected on selected road segments within the areas. Same road segments were characterized through detailed feld-surveys in terms of aesthetic qualities, signage, sidewalk design, pedestrian crossings/trafc lights, ground foor uses as well as GIS-based hosing plot-level (parcel-level) land use density and street-level topography. Street network confgurations within the areas were evaluated using angular segment analysis (Integration and Choice) as well as two segment-based connectivity measures (Metric and Directional Reach). Linear models were developed to investigate the relationships among street design, street network confguration, land use, and walking behavior. Tis study contributes to the literature by ofering insights into the comparative roles of urban design qualities of the street environment and street network layout on pedestrian movement. Preliminary fndings imply that notwithstanding the signifcance of certain aspects of the street environment that relate to local urban design qualities, the overall spatial configuration of street network may prove to be a signifcant variable for the description and modulation of pedestrian movement.
Cilt	12

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Modeling walkability: The efects of street design, street-network confguration and land-use on pedestrian movement

Author Torun, Ayşe Özbil, Yeşiltepe, D., Argın, G.

Publication Date 2015-11

Publication Place - ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture

Subject Istanbul, Land use, Pedestrian movement, Street design, Street network configuration

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1302-8324

Record ID 84201b03-2fe8-4f85-9c47-8fb9a7cac2fc

Library Location Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Date 2015-11

Notes TÜBİTAK

Sample Text Tis study explores the relative association of street design –local qualities of street environment–, street network confguration –spatial structure of the urban grid–, and land use patterns with the distribution of pedestrian fows. Te aim is to better understand the extent to which systematically measured street-level urban design qualities and objectively measured street network confguration are related to pedestrian movement, controlling for land use. 20 2kmx2km areas in Istanbul were studied in order to establish correlations between street design, street confguration and densities of pedestrian movement. Pedestrian data were collected on selected road segments within the areas. Same road segments were characterized through detailed feld-surveys in terms of aesthetic qualities, signage, sidewalk design, pedestrian crossings/trafc lights, ground foor uses as well as GIS-based hosing plot-level (parcel-level) land use density and street-level topography. Street network confgurations within the areas were evaluated using angular segment analysis (Integration and Choice) as well as two segment-based connectivity measures (Metric and Directional Reach). Linear models were developed to investigate the relationships among street design, street network confguration, land use, and walking behavior. Tis study contributes to the literature by ofering insights into the comparative roles of urban design qualities of the street environment and street network layout on pedestrian movement. Preliminary fndings imply that notwithstanding the signifcance of certain aspects of the street environment that relate to local urban design qualities, the overall spatial configuration of street network may prove to be a signifcant variable for the description and modulation of pedestrian movement.

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