Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs

Investigating Built Environment Indicators to Develop a Local Walkability Index

Menna Tarek (Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt)
Ghada Farouk Hassan (Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt)
Abeer Elshater (Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt)
Mohamed Elfayoumi (Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt)



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Publish Date
16 Dec 2021

Abstract

Many studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to determine and measure factors that affect the walkability of city streets. Walkability is an essential factor in deciding whether a city is green or sustainable. This paper creates a comprehensive walkability index by analysing built environmental indicators that affect walkability. This research was conducted on mixed land use streets in Cairo, Egypt, combining the results from an online survey and a walkability assessment model developed by multi-criteria decision analysis techniques. The results were based on a three-pillar approach starting with the theoretical background to frame the walkability indicator, numerical assessment over the Egyptian cases using a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique and a qualitative user perception survey. Our results confirm that determining to what extent Cairo’s streets are walkable is crucial to enhancing pedestrians’ perceptions of the walking environment. Furthermore, the results illustrated the essential factors within the built environment indicators that influence pedestrian walking behaviour.

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ijcua

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The International Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs (IJCUA) is the interdisciplinary academic, refereed journal which publishes two times a year by Anglo-American Publications LLC. IJCUA brings together all the theories, manifestoes and methodologies on contemporary urban spaces to raise the ...