Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction
This paper describes the first results of the application of an innovative methodology for the development of a walkability overall index for urban street infrastructure, aimed at the application of urban design techniques to improve the urban form and its use by pedestrians. The general objective o...
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| description | This paper describes the first results of the application of an innovative methodology for the development of a walkability overall index for urban street infrastructure, aimed at the application of urban design techniques to improve the urban form and its use by pedestrians. The general objective of the research is to identify the performance of the current city walkable network, to structure public policies and strategies consistent with it aimed at rebalancing settlements and infrastructure, and above all at the development of active mobility. The methodology defined integrates three approaches on walkability analysis: geometric–morphological, proximity, and sociality. In this paper, the analysis process related to the geometric–morphological component and partly to that of proximity will be described. It will be applied to the case study of the city of L’Aquila (Italy), a city undergoing reconstruction after the 2009 earthquake. From the first results of the application of the methodology to the case study, it emerges that the urban area analyzed is not capable of hosting walkable infrastructures unless urban design interventions are aimed at structuring an efficient network of pedestrian paths. In the future development of the study, it is expected to conclude the analysis of the proximity and social components, the other two groups of analysis considerations for walkability, which will complete the experimentation of the general methodology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d76ba89f1b9a469cb64bad964dc49fdd2024-03-27T13:46:59ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112024-02-01934210.3390/infrastructures9030042Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake ReconstructionFederico Eugeni0Sara Sacco1Donato Di Ludovico2Gino D’Ovidio3Department of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalySustainable Transport and Mobility Research Centre—CITRAMS, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalySustainable Transport and Mobility Research Centre—CITRAMS, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyThis paper describes the first results of the application of an innovative methodology for the development of a walkability overall index for urban street infrastructure, aimed at the application of urban design techniques to improve the urban form and its use by pedestrians. The general objective of the research is to identify the performance of the current city walkable network, to structure public policies and strategies consistent with it aimed at rebalancing settlements and infrastructure, and above all at the development of active mobility. The methodology defined integrates three approaches on walkability analysis: geometric–morphological, proximity, and sociality. In this paper, the analysis process related to the geometric–morphological component and partly to that of proximity will be described. It will be applied to the case study of the city of L’Aquila (Italy), a city undergoing reconstruction after the 2009 earthquake. From the first results of the application of the methodology to the case study, it emerges that the urban area analyzed is not capable of hosting walkable infrastructures unless urban design interventions are aimed at structuring an efficient network of pedestrian paths. In the future development of the study, it is expected to conclude the analysis of the proximity and social components, the other two groups of analysis considerations for walkability, which will complete the experimentation of the general methodology.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/9/3/42walkabilityinfrastructuresearthquake |
| spellingShingle | Federico Eugeni Sara Sacco Donato Di Ludovico Gino D’Ovidio Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Infrastructures walkability infrastructures earthquake |
| title | Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction |
| title_full | Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction |
| title_fullStr | Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction |
| title_short | Walkability Infrastructures and Urban Rebalancing: The Case Study of L’Aquila City under Post-Earthquake Reconstruction |
| title_sort | walkability infrastructures and urban rebalancing the case study of l aquila city under post earthquake reconstruction |
| topic | walkability infrastructures earthquake |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/9/3/42 |
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