Effects of trip purpose on preferred walking environment and route choice of pedestrians in Narmak, Tehran

• Main Authors: Chau, Loon Wai, Hamidi, Shima, Ismail, Hairul Nizam
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Innovative Planning and Development 2010
• Subjects: HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39981/1/ChauLoonWai2010_EffectsofTripPurposeonPreferredWalking.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39981/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In addition to widely cited macro-scale components of walk ability (e.g. street network pattern, accessibility, density, land use diversity), environmental quality aspects of walking routes (e.g. safety, vitality, comfort, aesthetics) have increasingly emerged as requisites of a high quality walking...