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    Assessment of Footpaths Design on Renovation of City Centres.

    TitleAssessment of Footpaths Design on Renovation of City Centres.
    Publication TypeCommunications in International Conferences
    Year of Publication2019
    AuthorsSilva J. F., Oliveira C., Reis C., and Silva L. T.
    Abstract

    Planning and developing the renovation and revitalization of historical city centres is a complex task,
    which demands integration across various fields of design and knowledge. A key concern in the
    renovation of city centres is the sustainability of the design solutions, and a central issue in this case
    regards the minimization of road traffic in these core areas. In this context, the option for soft mobility
    modes, such walking or cycling, is almost imperative nowadays. Thus, a walkable city centre
    significantly improves sustainable mobility, contributing for the reductions in air and noise pollution and
    greenhouse gas emissions, and also increasing the attraction as commercial, cultural and leisure
    destination. To achieve this purpose, the permeability of the city centre should be worked, allowing the
    pedestrians to move easily around the historical centre.
    Promote a walkable city centre depends on how well the footpaths connections work and coexist
    with the other soft mobility modes and public transport, giving pedestrians the better choice in how to
    make their journeys. The geometrical design of the footpaths should also not be neglected, although in a
    historical city centre such characteristics are strongly conditioned by the existing urban morphology. For
    this reason, the assessment of those issues in a design phase is quite relevant for the perception of the
    overall quality of the proposed solution for the footpaths and the pedestrian streets [1] [2].
    The main goal of this work is to present a set of indicators which can assess the footpaths design in
    the context of renovation of historical city centres. Four indicators were developed in order to evaluate the
    geometrical design and the ease of use of the footpaths, and the connection with public transport. These
    indicators were quantified and combined according to a combination procedure, resulting in a synthetic
    score for the Assessment of Footpaths Design on Renovation of City Centres (AFD), which reflects the
    quality of the proposed design solution.

    Conference NameIRAS 2019 - First International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components
    JournalProceedings of the First International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components, IRAS 2019
    Pagination223-225
    Date Published2019-05-28
    PublisherFaculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
    Conference LocationUniversidade do Porto
    ISBN978‐972‐752‐259‐0
    URLhttps://paginas.fe.up.pt/~iras2019/
    Keywordscity centres, footpaths, soft modes, urban environment
    RightsopenAccess
    Peer reviewedyes
    Statuspublished
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