Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action

Özer, Özlem; KUBAT, Ayşe Sema

Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action

Özlem ÖZER, (, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, İstanbul, TURKEY)

Ayşe Sema KUBAT (, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, İstanbul, TURKEY)

A|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi

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Yıl: 2014 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 101 - 117 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action

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The research into walkability has two common approaches to the variables: one dependson measuring the spatial confguration of street networks and the other depends onoperationalizing urban design qualities such as imageability, enclosure, transparencyand complexity by measuring the actual physical environment. Environmental perceptionhas often been a subject in research into wayfnding behaviour, but not so much inresearch into walkability.In this paper, we argue that it is possible to obtain a more accurate walkability forecastby comparing spatial confguration measures with the environmental perceptions ofpedestrians to evaluate their effects on pedestrian movement levels.In order to do this comparison, three case areas were selected, all of which are centralretail districts in İstanbul, and which have a similar socio-economic user profle, similarpublic and private transportation links with the city and a similar relationship with thewaterfront. All the three case areas were limited to cover a 1km x 0.5km area. Thesimilar qualities of the three case areas are expected to offset the effects of land use,user profle, transportation links and recreational qualities.The research was conducted in three basic steps. The frst step was to record pedestrianmovement levels in approximately 20 locations in each case area. The second stepwas to apply space syntax methodology to measure spatial confguration. The thirdstep was to conduct a questionnaire to understand how users perceive those exactobservation locations. The questionnaire made use of a semantic differential techniquewhere participants are given pairs of oppositional adjectives with a rating scale.The data recorded in this study was analysed statistically to defne the correlationalrelationships among the three variables, which are pedestrian movement levels,spatial confguration and user perception. It is believed that the results of this study willcontribute to a better understanding not only of the walkability measures, but also ofthe level of relation between the space syntax methodology and pedestrian perception.The method and the fndings of this study constitute an analytical model that could shedfresh light on future research on walkability as well as on controlling levels of use withinurban design proposals.

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APA	Özer Ö, KUBAT A (2014). Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. , 101 - 117.
Chicago	Özer Özlem,KUBAT Ayşe Sema Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. (2014): 101 - 117.
MLA	Özer Özlem,KUBAT Ayşe Sema Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. , 2014, ss.101 - 117.
AMA	Özer Ö,KUBAT A Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. . 2014; 101 - 117.
Vancouver	Özer Ö,KUBAT A Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. . 2014; 101 - 117.
IEEE	Özer Ö,KUBAT A "Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action." , ss.101 - 117, 2014.
ISNAD	Özer, Özlem - KUBAT, Ayşe Sema. "Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action". (2014), 101-117.

APA	Özer Ö, KUBAT A (2014). Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, 11(2), 101 - 117.
Chicago	Özer Özlem,KUBAT Ayşe Sema Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi 11, no.2 (2014): 101 - 117.
MLA	Özer Özlem,KUBAT Ayşe Sema Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.11, no.2, 2014, ss.101 - 117.
AMA	Özer Ö,KUBAT A Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi. 2014; 11(2): 101 - 117.
Vancouver	Özer Ö,KUBAT A Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action. A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi. 2014; 11(2): 101 - 117.
IEEE	Özer Ö,KUBAT A "Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action." A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, 11, ss.101 - 117, 2014.
ISNAD	Özer, Özlem - KUBAT, Ayşe Sema. "Walkability: Perceived and measured qualities in action". A\|Z ITU Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi 11/2 (2014), 101-117.