Understanding walkable areas: applicability and analysis of a walkability index in a Brazilian city

Considering the growing of chronic non-communicable diseases worldwide, many studies have pointed out the role of the built environment as a support for walking. These studies are being applied in metropolitan and county regions or in specific areas of larger citiesof developed countries. Neverthele...

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Main Authors:	Motomura, Monica Cristina Nishikawa, Fontoura, Larissa Casaril da, Kanashiro, Milena
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Language:	eng
Published:	ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2018
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spelling	ojs-article-752112019-01-08T18:43:53Z Understanding walkable areas: applicability and analysis of a walkability index in a Brazilian city Motomura, Monica Cristina Nishikawa Fontoura, Larissa Casaril da Kanashiro, Milena Walkability; Socioeconomic issues; Land use mix; Developing countries. Considering the growing of chronic non-communicable diseases worldwide, many studies have pointed out the role of the built environment as a support for walking. These studies are being applied in metropolitan and county regions or in specific areas of larger citiesof developed countries. Nevertheless, there is noevidences of the application of the walkability index in an entire Brazilian city. The main objective of this study is to understand walkable areas in a Brazilian medium sized city such as Cambé - PR, based on the walkability variables defined by Frank et al. (2010). The index systematizes four built environment variables: net residential density, retail floor area ratio, intersection density and land use mix. The results show that higher walkability areas are located in downtown and in three areas in the outskirts of Cambé, which were formerly designed to attend social housing projects. The transformations of land use mix and the urban layout characteristics of these areas improved the walkability level. This paper contributes to enlighten the characteristics of walkable areas and highlights a different outcome when considering a city of a developing country such as Brazil. ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2018-10-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/75211 Ambiente Construído; v. 18, n. 4 (2018): Edição especial sobre a Cal na Construção - V Jornadas Fical; 413-425 Ambiente Construído; v. 18, n. 4 (2018): Edição especial sobre a Cal na Construção - V Jornadas Fical; 413-425 Ambiente Construído; v. 18, n. 4 (2018): Edição especial sobre a Cal na Construção - V Jornadas Fical; 413-425 1678-8621 1415-8876 eng https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/75211/50121 Direitos autorais 2018 Ambiente Construído https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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title_short	Understanding walkable areas: applicability and analysis of a walkability index in a Brazilian city
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description	Considering the growing of chronic non-communicable diseases worldwide, many studies have pointed out the role of the built environment as a support for walking. These studies are being applied in metropolitan and county regions or in specific areas of larger citiesof developed countries. Nevertheless, there is noevidences of the application of the walkability index in an entire Brazilian city. The main objective of this study is to understand walkable areas in a Brazilian medium sized city such as Cambé - PR, based on the walkability variables defined by Frank et al. (2010). The index systematizes four built environment variables: net residential density, retail floor area ratio, intersection density and land use mix. The results show that higher walkability areas are located in downtown and in three areas in the outskirts of Cambé, which were formerly designed to attend social housing projects. The transformations of land use mix and the urban layout characteristics of these areas improved the walkability level. This paper contributes to enlighten the characteristics of walkable areas and highlights a different outcome when considering a city of a developing country such as Brazil.
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Understanding walkable areas: applicability and analysis of a walkability index in a Brazilian city

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