Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples
Urban planning is increasingly focused on solutions for sustainable urban mobility, including the achievement of “walkability”, i.e. ease to walking, meeting criteria of neighbourhood services, street connectivity, comfort of public spaces, and others. Urban administrations in some countries, partia...
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| author | Gerardo Carpentieri Carmen Guida Andrea Gorrini Federico Messa Lamia Abdelfattah Benjamin Büttner |
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| description | Urban planning is increasingly focused on solutions for sustainable urban mobility, including the achievement of “walkability”, i.e. ease to walking, meeting criteria of neighbourhood services, street connectivity, comfort of public spaces, and others. Urban administrations in some countries, partially as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, have adopted short and long-term plans for reassignment of vehicular space in favour of cyclist and pedestrian infrastructures, however traditional approaches to urban planning still fail to consider different categories of urban users in terms of their individual characteristics, which can significantly impact their perceptions of walkability for streets and public spaces. Women in particular face harassment, aggression and other safety concerns that can inhibit their mobility in streets and public spaces, especially when it gets dark. Despite robust research on other aspects of walkability in cities, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the intersections of mobility and gender. Addressing the need for further investment in qualitative, and particularly in quantitative analysis, the current contributions proposes and reports on the use of GIS-based methodology, with data collected directly from women in urban contexts, and from open-access location-based data, producing analyses that can support decision-making on policies for walkability. In particular, the contribution summarizes the first product of a new, replicable methodology, focused on urban planning and gender inclusion, applied to the city of Naples, Italy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6cb69d3bc1347439027a8e96ce861df2024-01-07T15:37:22ZengUniversità di Napoli Federico IITeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment1970-98891970-98702023-12-0116359560810.6093/1970-9870/1027210272Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of NaplesGerardo Carpentieri0Carmen Guida1Andrea Gorrini2Federico Messa3Lamia Abdelfattah4Benjamin Büttner5Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico IIFondazione Transform Transport ETSFondazione Transform Transport ETSFondazione Transform Transport ETSSchool of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, GermanyUrban planning is increasingly focused on solutions for sustainable urban mobility, including the achievement of “walkability”, i.e. ease to walking, meeting criteria of neighbourhood services, street connectivity, comfort of public spaces, and others. Urban administrations in some countries, partially as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, have adopted short and long-term plans for reassignment of vehicular space in favour of cyclist and pedestrian infrastructures, however traditional approaches to urban planning still fail to consider different categories of urban users in terms of their individual characteristics, which can significantly impact their perceptions of walkability for streets and public spaces. Women in particular face harassment, aggression and other safety concerns that can inhibit their mobility in streets and public spaces, especially when it gets dark. Despite robust research on other aspects of walkability in cities, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the intersections of mobility and gender. Addressing the need for further investment in qualitative, and particularly in quantitative analysis, the current contributions proposes and reports on the use of GIS-based methodology, with data collected directly from women in urban contexts, and from open-access location-based data, producing analyses that can support decision-making on policies for walkability. In particular, the contribution summarizes the first product of a new, replicable methodology, focused on urban planning and gender inclusion, applied to the city of Naples, Italy.http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/10272urban planninggender inclusiongisnaples |
| spellingShingle | Gerardo Carpentieri Carmen Guida Andrea Gorrini Federico Messa Lamia Abdelfattah Benjamin Büttner Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment urban planning gender inclusion gis naples |
| title | Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples |
| title_full | Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples |
| title_fullStr | Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples |
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| title_short | Digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities: an application to the city of Naples |
| title_sort | digital data to support urban planning processes to develop women safety cities an application to the city of naples |
| topic | urban planning gender inclusion gis naples |
| url | http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/10272 |
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