Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center
Walkability within urban design and planning context refers to urban environments that are friendly and supportive for the pedestrian. Walkable environments offer many economic, social, health, and environmental benefits and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In public places, in...
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| description | Walkability within urban design and planning context refers to urban environments that are friendly and supportive for the pedestrian. Walkable environments offer many economic, social, health, and environmental benefits and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In public places, including city centers, walkability is a major asset for making them vibrant by attracting and maintaining pedestrians, including tourists. It is no coincidence that the top tourist destinations and livable cities as well as popular city centers and streets all share walkability character. Walkability quality in city center streets and any urban environment require planning. Good planning needs to be informed by measuring and assessing the state of walkability in existing streets and environments. While the literature presents systematic walkability assessment studies from different city centers of developed and developing countries, such studies are rare in the context of many other developing regions and countries like the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq. Since walkability character can be contextual and affected by different socio-economic and environmental factors and dynamics, systematic and comprehensive assessment of under-researched environments and city centers are essential. To address this gap in the literature, this study systematically assesses the state of walkability in the city center of Sulaimani, the cultural capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and a UNESCO creative city in literature. This paper report results from assessing and comparing the physical characters of the six major interconnecting streets (Mawlawy, Kawa, Sabunkaran, Peramerd, Goran, and Bekas streets) in the center of Sulaimani city. The assessment considers the five main walkability factors of function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort identified from the literature.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6aa3ec2c40d34e4a88e95ce92c3d48922025-02-11T21:00:42ZengSulaimani Polytechnic UniversityKurdistan Journal of Applied Research2411-76842411-77062020-06-015110.24017/science.2020.1.13489Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City CenterRoza Abdullatif Radha0Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin1Alan Faraydoon Ali2City Planning Department, Technical College of Engineering, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, IraqCity Planning Department, Technical College of Engineerin,g Sulaimani Polytechnic University | Research Center, Sulaimani, IraqPresidency, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, IraqWalkability within urban design and planning context refers to urban environments that are friendly and supportive for the pedestrian. Walkable environments offer many economic, social, health, and environmental benefits and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In public places, including city centers, walkability is a major asset for making them vibrant by attracting and maintaining pedestrians, including tourists. It is no coincidence that the top tourist destinations and livable cities as well as popular city centers and streets all share walkability character. Walkability quality in city center streets and any urban environment require planning. Good planning needs to be informed by measuring and assessing the state of walkability in existing streets and environments. While the literature presents systematic walkability assessment studies from different city centers of developed and developing countries, such studies are rare in the context of many other developing regions and countries like the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq. Since walkability character can be contextual and affected by different socio-economic and environmental factors and dynamics, systematic and comprehensive assessment of under-researched environments and city centers are essential. To address this gap in the literature, this study systematically assesses the state of walkability in the city center of Sulaimani, the cultural capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and a UNESCO creative city in literature. This paper report results from assessing and comparing the physical characters of the six major interconnecting streets (Mawlawy, Kawa, Sabunkaran, Peramerd, Goran, and Bekas streets) in the center of Sulaimani city. The assessment considers the five main walkability factors of function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort identified from the literature. https://www.kjar.spu.edu.iq/index.php/kjar/article/view/489Walkability, sidewalks, assessing walkability, function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort. |
| spellingShingle | Roza Abdullatif Radha Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin Alan Faraydoon Ali Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research Walkability, sidewalks, assessing walkability, function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort. |
| title | Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center |
| title_full | Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center |
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| title_short | Assessing Walkability in Sulaimani City Center |
| title_sort | assessing walkability in sulaimani city center |
| topic | Walkability, sidewalks, assessing walkability, function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort. |
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