Gated or Ungated? A Case Study on Walkability Measurement for Urban Communities

IF 2 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI:10.1007/s12061-024-09575-w

Mengyuan Li, Hao Wang, Jue Wang, Hanlin Zhou, Dong Li

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Abstract

The walkability is closely related to the lifestyle and health of local residents. Unreasonable community design may result in spatially segregated spaces, creating walking barriers for residents and reducing walking accessibility. If a community’s physical layout can be optimized through better walking-related planning at the community level, people would be more convenient to reach more facilities with a better walking accessibility. A microscale measurement method for walkability at the community level is necessary to assist in community planning. This study developed a new measurement of walkability using a hexagon-based adaptive crystal growth algorithm and verified its effectiveness by examining the impact of gated communities on walkability. Taking three communities in Beijing as cases, this study created two kinds of accessibility planes (with-wall and no-wall) to compare changes in walkability between gated and open communities. The findings show that gate and wall removal can partially improve community walkability and that the algorithm can accurately measure community walkability in different scenarios. The proposed algorithm provides a new perspective for walkability measurements and offers a scientific tool for people-oriented community planning.

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有门禁还是无门禁？城市社区步行能力测量案例研究

步行能力与当地居民的生活方式和健康息息相关。不合理的社区设计会造成空间上的隔离，给居民的步行造成障碍，降低步行可达性。如果能在社区层面通过更好的步行相关规划来优化社区的物理布局，人们就能更方便地到达更多设施，步行可达性也会更好。因此，有必要在社区层面对步行可达性进行微观测量，以协助社区规划。本研究利用基于六边形的自适应晶体生长算法开发了一种新的步行可达性测量方法，并通过研究门禁社区对步行可达性的影响验证了该方法的有效性。本研究以北京的三个社区为例，创建了两种无障碍平面（有围墙和无围墙），以比较门禁社区和开放社区之间步行能力的变化。研究结果表明，拆除大门和围墙可以部分改善社区步行能力，该算法可以准确测量不同场景下的社区步行能力。所提出的算法为步行能力测量提供了一个新的视角，为以人为本的社区规划提供了一个科学工具。

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期刊介绍： Description The journal has an applied focus: it actively promotes the importance of geographical research in real world settings It is policy-relevant: it seeks both a readership and contributions from practitioners as well as academics The substantive foundation is spatial analysis: the use of quantitative techniques to identify patterns and processes within geographic environments The combination of these points, which are fully reflected in the naming of the journal, establishes a unique position in the marketplace. RationaleA geographical perspective has always been crucial to the understanding of the social and physical organisation of the world around us. The techniques of spatial analysis provide a powerful means for the assembly and interpretation of evidence, and thus to address critical questions about issues such as crime and deprivation, immigration and demographic restructuring, retailing activity and employment change, resource management and environmental improvement. Many of these issues are equally important to academic research as they are to policy makers and Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy aims to close the gap between these two perspectives by providing a forum for discussion of applied research in a range of different contexts Topical and interdisciplinaryIncreasingly government organisations, administrative agencies and private businesses are requiring research to support their ‘evidence-based’ strategies or policies. Geographical location is critical in much of this work which extends across a wide range of disciplines including demography, actuarial sciences, statistics, public sector planning, business planning, economics, epidemiology, sociology, social policy, health research, environmental management. FocusApplied Spatial Analysis and Policy will draw on applied research from diverse problem domains, such as transport, policing, education, health, environment and leisure, in different international contexts. The journal will therefore provide insights into the variations in phenomena that exist across space, it will provide evidence for comparative policy analysis between domains and between locations, and stimulate ideas about the translation of spatial analysis methods and techniques across varied policy contexts. It is essential to know how to measure, monitor and understand spatial distributions, many of which have implications for those with responsibility to plan and enhance the society and the environment in which we all exist. Readership and Editorial BoardAs a journal focused on applications of methods of spatial analysis, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy will be of interest to scholars and students in a wide range of academic fields, to practitioners in government and administrative agencies and to consultants in private sector organisations. The Editorial Board reflects the international and multidisciplinary nature of the journal.