Designing a safe walkable city

This article presents findings of a pilot study conducted by Curtin University Australia andEMBARQ India, with an objective of exploring safety concerns of people while accessing metro stations. Increasingly,the notion of improved walkability to increase public transport patronage has been gaining m...

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Main Author: Tiwari, Reena
Format: Journal Article
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35590
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description This article presents findings of a pilot study conducted by Curtin University Australia andEMBARQ India, with an objective of exploring safety concerns of people while accessing metro stations. Increasingly,the notion of improved walkability to increase public transport patronage has been gaining momentum.Some physical–-environmental features such as providing Accessibility and Safety against crime are fundamentalin contributing to walkability.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-355902017-09-13T15:27:12Z Designing a safe walkable city Tiwari, Reena sustainable transport safety against crime built form design walkability This article presents findings of a pilot study conducted by Curtin University Australia andEMBARQ India, with an objective of exploring safety concerns of people while accessing metro stations. Increasingly,the notion of improved walkability to increase public transport patronage has been gaining momentum.Some physical–-environmental features such as providing Accessibility and Safety against crime are fundamentalin contributing to walkability. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35590 10.1057/udi.2013.33 Palgrave Macmillan restricted
spellingShingle sustainable transport
safety against crime
built form design
walkability
Tiwari, Reena
Designing a safe walkable city
title Designing a safe walkable city
title_full Designing a safe walkable city
title_fullStr Designing a safe walkable city
title_full_unstemmed Designing a safe walkable city
title_short Designing a safe walkable city
title_sort designing a safe walkable city
topic sustainable transport
safety against crime
built form design
walkability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35590