Pedestrian Environment Quality Assessment in Portuguese Medium-Sized Cities

Sousa, Adriana; Santos, Bertha; Gonçalves, Jorge

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Pedestrian Environment Quality Assessment in Portuguese Medium-Sized Cities

2019-02Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Sousa, Adriana
dc.contributor.author	Santos, Bertha
dc.contributor.author	Gonçalves, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-13T10:44:09Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-13T10:44:09Z
dc.date.issued	2019-02
dc.description.abstract	The features of pedestrian spaces contribute to sustainable urban mobility and consequently to improve the quality of the built environment. A pedestrian space free of obstacles, with slight slopes, continuous, agreeable, attractive and safe, is definitely a space that invites to enjoyment and socialization. With the aim of improving the pedestrian circulation conditions, the present paper describes a set of approaches for assessing the quality of pedestrian environment and presents an adapted approach that can be used in medium-sized cities. Land use, pedestrian facilities and road/traffic attributes are the most common topics addressed in the pedestrian environment evaluation. These attributes can be expressed in scores and their spatial distribution can be represented using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), supporting the decision making process of pedestrian system improvement. For Portuguese medium-sized cities, the Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index (PEQI) was adapted and tested through a case study in Covilhã city. The main steps of the methodology include the definition of relevant data, preparation of survey forms, training of data collection teams, data collection, database organization, PEQI calculation and GIS data visualization, management and maps production. The case study focused on the areas that have a significant pedestrian flow, either because of commercial, services and recreation activities, or because they are important links of the public transport system. As main findings, it was possible to conclude that the selected approach allows a great flexibility in the incorporation of new attributes and weights according to specific technical goals and scenarios (calibration).	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Adriana Sousa et al 2019 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 471 062033	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1088/1757-899X/471/6/062033	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/8241
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/6/062033/pdf	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Pedestrian Environment Quality	pt_PT
dc.subject	Medium-Sized Cities	pt_PT
dc.title	Pedestrian Environment Quality Assessment in Portuguese Medium-Sized Cities	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.startPage	062033	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	471	pt_PT
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