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A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level

To date, several assessment tools have been developed to evaluate the pedestrian environments and sidewalks at the street and neighbourhood level. While the existing tools that assess sidewalks at the street level consider the microscale sidewalk factors, the assessment tools at the neighbourhood le...

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Main Authors: Aghaabbasi, M., Moeinaddini, M., Zaly Shah, M., Asadi-Shekari, Z.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
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TH Building construction
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76666/
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spelling my.utm.766662018-05-31T09:25:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76666/ A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level Aghaabbasi, M. Moeinaddini, M. Zaly Shah, M. Asadi-Shekari, Z. TH Building construction To date, several assessment tools have been developed to evaluate the pedestrian environments and sidewalks at the street and neighbourhood level. While the existing tools that assess sidewalks at the street level consider the microscale sidewalk factors, the assessment tools at the neighbourhood level neglected the importance of microlevel factors for the assessment purpose. In addition, the important role of residents in neighbourhoods in the examination and review procedure of neighbourhood facilities is overlooked. In contrast with previous assessment methods that considered macro and mesoscale factors for assessment purpose, this research has developed an assessment method to evaluate the neighbourhood sidewalks using the microscale factors. This tool has been developed in the form of a questionnaire to assess the sidewalk conditions within the neighbourhoods. The proposed tool has been tested in three neighbourhoods within Johor Bahru District in Malaysia. Most sidewalk factors in these surveys showed moderate to high reliability. The results of using the proposed tool indicate that the tool is capable of identifying the drawbacks of neighbourhood sidewalks. In addition, this tool allows the residents to convey their needs to city planners and ask for improving existing sidewalks. Lastly, the tool appears ready to be used by urban planners and researchers. Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed Aghaabbasi, M. and Moeinaddini, M. and Zaly Shah, M. and Asadi-Shekari, Z. (2017) A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level. Journal of Transport and Health, 5 . pp. 97-112. ISSN 2214-1405 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85002377927&doi=10.1016%2fj.jth.2016.08.012&partnerID=40&md5=55afb51d6f4ec1ffae82c56e981220b1 DOI:10.1016/j.jth.2016.08.012
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
building UTM Library
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
content_source UTM Institutional Repository
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topic TH Building construction
spellingShingle TH Building construction
Aghaabbasi, M.
Moeinaddini, M.
Zaly Shah, M.
Asadi-Shekari, Z.
A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
description To date, several assessment tools have been developed to evaluate the pedestrian environments and sidewalks at the street and neighbourhood level. While the existing tools that assess sidewalks at the street level consider the microscale sidewalk factors, the assessment tools at the neighbourhood level neglected the importance of microlevel factors for the assessment purpose. In addition, the important role of residents in neighbourhoods in the examination and review procedure of neighbourhood facilities is overlooked. In contrast with previous assessment methods that considered macro and mesoscale factors for assessment purpose, this research has developed an assessment method to evaluate the neighbourhood sidewalks using the microscale factors. This tool has been developed in the form of a questionnaire to assess the sidewalk conditions within the neighbourhoods. The proposed tool has been tested in three neighbourhoods within Johor Bahru District in Malaysia. Most sidewalk factors in these surveys showed moderate to high reliability. The results of using the proposed tool indicate that the tool is capable of identifying the drawbacks of neighbourhood sidewalks. In addition, this tool allows the residents to convey their needs to city planners and ask for improving existing sidewalks. Lastly, the tool appears ready to be used by urban planners and researchers.
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author Aghaabbasi, M.
Moeinaddini, M.
Zaly Shah, M.
Asadi-Shekari, Z.
author_facet Aghaabbasi, M.
Moeinaddini, M.
Zaly Shah, M.
Asadi-Shekari, Z.
author_sort Aghaabbasi, M.
title A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
title_short A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
title_full A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
title_fullStr A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
title_full_unstemmed A new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
title_sort new assessment model to evaluate the microscale sidewalk design factors at the neighbourhood level
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76666/
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