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Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran

Over the past decade the quality of the walking environment has become a significant factor in transportation planning and design in developed countries. It is argued that the pedestrians’ environment has been ignored in favour of automobile. Car dependency has reduced the quality of urban places,...

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Main Authors: Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab, Ujang, Norsidah
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/1/PEDESTRIAN%20SATISFACTION%20WITH%20AESTHETIC%2C%20ATTRACTIVENESS%20AND%20PLEASURABILITY.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/
http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/115/pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.329402015-10-05T02:39:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/ Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab Ujang, Norsidah Over the past decade the quality of the walking environment has become a significant factor in transportation planning and design in developed countries. It is argued that the pedestrians’ environment has been ignored in favour of automobile. Car dependency has reduced the quality of urban places, threatened their historical identity and changed the character and function of those places. ‘ChaharbaghAbbasi Street’, built in 1591 in Isfahan (Cultural Capital of the World of Islam in the year 2006), as the first green designed street in the Persian history and one of the pioneer recreational streets in the world, has been chosen in this study. Questionnaire surveys with 121 respondents were conducted to examine the walkability of ChaharbaghAbbasi Street based on identifiable criteria for walkable environment. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. According to the findings, the pedestrians were not satisfied with the walkability of this street in general. However, they showed high positive satisfaction with aesthetics, attractiveness, and pleasurablity of the street. The findings will contribute to increasing the quality of the street as public space while maintaining the cultural-historical identity of the city. This can be achieved through operationalizing master plans for cities like Isfahan which will be beneficial both for the governmental and non-governmental organizations Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/1/PEDESTRIAN%20SATISFACTION%20WITH%20AESTHETIC%2C%20ATTRACTIVENESS%20AND%20PLEASURABILITY.pdf Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab and Ujang, Norsidah (2013) Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran. ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research & Practice, 6 (2). pp. 13-22. ISSN 1823-7231; ESSN: 2289-3687 http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/115/pdf
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description Over the past decade the quality of the walking environment has become a significant factor in transportation planning and design in developed countries. It is argued that the pedestrians’ environment has been ignored in favour of automobile. Car dependency has reduced the quality of urban places, threatened their historical identity and changed the character and function of those places. ‘ChaharbaghAbbasi Street’, built in 1591 in Isfahan (Cultural Capital of the World of Islam in the year 2006), as the first green designed street in the Persian history and one of the pioneer recreational streets in the world, has been chosen in this study. Questionnaire surveys with 121 respondents were conducted to examine the walkability of ChaharbaghAbbasi Street based on identifiable criteria for walkable environment. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. According to the findings, the pedestrians were not satisfied with the walkability of this street in general. However, they showed high positive satisfaction with aesthetics, attractiveness, and pleasurablity of the street. The findings will contribute to increasing the quality of the street as public space while maintaining the cultural-historical identity of the city. This can be achieved through operationalizing master plans for cities like Isfahan which will be beneficial both for the governmental and non-governmental organizations
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author Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab
Ujang, Norsidah
spellingShingle Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab
Ujang, Norsidah
Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
author_facet Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab
Ujang, Norsidah
author_sort Rahimiashtiani, Zeinab
title Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
title_short Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
title_full Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
title_fullStr Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of ChaharaghAbbasi Street in Isfahan, Iran
title_sort pedestrian satisfaction with aesthetic, attractiveness and pleasurability: evaluating the walkability of chaharaghabbasi street in isfahan, iran
publisher Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/1/PEDESTRIAN%20SATISFACTION%20WITH%20AESTHETIC%2C%20ATTRACTIVENESS%20AND%20PLEASURABILITY.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32940/
http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/115/pdf
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