Impact of Street Layout on Dutch Walking Behaviour using Space Syntax
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2022-10-31
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Transforming a city into a more walkable space is a current trend to counterbalance the negative impacts brought by modern car-centralised societies in spatial planning. Since it has been apparent that the built environment determines travel behaviours, this study specifically focuses on the relationship between street layouts and walking behaviours in three middle-sized Dutch cities: Nijmegen, Zwolle, and Dordrecht. Space syntax, a theory that offers a unique conceptualisation of street layout characteristics, was applied to assess the walkability level from the street layouts in comparison with the diffusing connectivity measure of intersection density. From the obtained results from regression analyses, street layout influenced especially walking for transport purposes. Even though this study could not verify the superiority of space syntax measures over intersection density as an areal connectivity measure, it became apparent that the impact of street layout on walking behaviour differed depending on walking motivations.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen