تصفح حسب الموضوع "Walkability"
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A path walkability assessment index model for evaluating and facilitating retail walking using decision-tree-making (DTM) method
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)Transportation is the major contributor of ever-increasing CO2 and Greenhouse Gas emissions in cities. The ever-increasing hazardous emissions of transportation and energy consumption have persuaded transportation and urban ... -
A simple method to assess walkability around metro stations
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2018 , Conference Paper)The ability to walk or ride a bike safely to and from metro stations is essential to the success of any metro service, especially for car users switching to the service. The main purpose of this study is to develop and ... -
AN INITIATIVE TOWARD CREATING A CHILD-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT A CASE OF MSHEIREB IN DOWNTOWN DOHA, QATAR
(2023 , Master Thesis)Children are the link between the past and future generations and the most vulnerable group in the community. Around sixty percent (60%) of the world's population will live in cities by 2030. Seventy percent (70%) of global ... -
Application of PERS to Evaluate Walkability in State of Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)Well-designed pedestrian facilities are essential to promote walking among residents. These facilities also act as safe space for use of cycling and other personal mobility vehicles. In 2018, Ministry of Transport developed ... -
Built Environment Attributes and Walking Patterns: A Case Study of Abu Dhabi Downtown
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)Walkability is crucial in sustainable urban design. Our understanding on the walkability in cities in hot and arid climate needs to be improved due to shortage of our knowledge and previous studies about this. Thus, this ... -
Development, validation, and application of School Audit Tool (SAT): An effective instrument for assessing traffic safety and operation around schools
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)There is a need for a reliable school audit tool with well-defined scales to convert qualitative evaluation of existing school sites into a quantitative assessment in order to help public agencies to improve schools' safety ... -
Evaluating the effect of seasonal variations on walking behaviour in a hot weather country using logistic regression
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)The city of Doha, Qatar experiences a hot and arid weather throughout the year. This study investigates the effect of season, type of day, and time of day on the walking behaviour of pedestrians in these conditions using ... -
INVESTIGATING SPATIAL QUALITY IN URBAN SETTINGS: THE ASSESSMENT OF WALKABILITY IN THE STREETS OF DOHA, QATAR
(2016 , Master Thesis)Walking is not the only most basic, but also the most prevalent form of transportation in cities. In the case of Doha, the capital city of Qatar, and the rapid development it is going through, urban planners are in need ... -
Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
( Scholars Middle East Publishers , 2018 , Article)Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone rapid economic growth and urbanization over the past 20 years. In contrast with developed countries, where sustainable development has been implemented on a ... -
Multicriteria Approach in Developing Pedestrian Network Data for Sustainable Urban Mobility
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)Building a reliable Infrastructure is a continuous activity, improving the accessibility to the known areas and connecting the origin to destinations with various modes of transportation. Having safe and secure pedestrian ... -
Temporal variation in walking behavior: An empirical study
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This study provides a baseline for understanding the variation in walking behavior with respect to seasonal conditions in a hot weather country in the Arabian Gulf region. A busy neighborhood with different land-use patterns ...