Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

Letizia Appolloni, Alberto Giretti, Maria Vittoria Corazza and Daniela D’Alessandro
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Letizia Appolloni: Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Alberto Giretti: Department of Architecture, Constructions and Structures, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy
Maria Vittoria Corazza: Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
Daniela D’Alessandro: Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-31

Abstract: Background. The salutogenicity of urban environments is significantly affected by their ergonomics , i.e., by the quality of the interactions between citizens and the elements of the built environment. Measuring and modelling urban ergonomics is thus a key issue to provide urban policy makers with planning solutions to increase the well-being, usability and safety of the urban environment. However, this is a difficult task due to the complexity of the interrelations between the urban environment and human activities. The paper contributes to the definition of a generalized model of urban ergonomics and salutogenicity , focusing on walkability , by discussing the relevant parameters from the large and variegated sets proposed in the literature, by discussing the emerging model structure from a data mining process, by considering the background of the relevant functional dependency already established in the literature, and by providing evidence of the solutions’ effectiveness. The methodology is developed for a case study in central Italy, with a focus on the mobility issue, which is a catalyst to generate more salutogenic and sustainable behaviors.

Keywords: salutogenic cities; walkable environments; urban health; physical activity; healthy urban planning; bayesian networks; sustainable mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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