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Livability and Urban Quality of the Souq Waqif in Doha (State of Qatar)
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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 ...
A path walkability assessment index model for evaluating and facilitating retail walking using decision-tree-making (DTM) method
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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 ...
Evaluating the effect of seasonal variations on walking behaviour in a hot weather country using logistic regression
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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 ...
Development, validation, and application of School Audit Tool (SAT): An effective instrument for assessing traffic safety and operation around schools
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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 ...
Temporal variation in walking behavior: An empirical study
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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 ...