Sustainable Complete Streets Design Criteria and Case Study in Naples, Italy

Alfonso Montella (), Salvatore Chiaradonna, Alessandro Claudi de Saint Mihiel, Gord Lovegrove, Pietro Nunziante and Maria Rella Riccardi
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Alfonso Montella: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Salvatore Chiaradonna: Municipality of Montella, 83048 Montella, Italy
Alessandro Claudi de Saint Mihiel: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80134 Naples, Italy
Gord Lovegrove: School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Pietro Nunziante: Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80134 Naples, Italy
Maria Rella Riccardi: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-27

Abstract: Background: A growing number of communities are re-discovering the value of their streets as important public spaces for many aspects of daily life, creating the need for a transformation in the quality of those streets. An emerging concept of ‘complete streets’ is to accommodate all users of the transportation system. Methods: In this paper, we present sustainable complete streets design criteria that integrate complete streets by adding socio-environmental design criteria related to the aesthetics, environment, liveability, and safety. To help set priorities, identify the street design features, and create intuitive multimodal networks throughout the city, we have defined a list of the general and specific criteria to be addressed for sustainable complete streets. Results: The proposed design criteria provide a street network with improvements in its aesthetics, to recover the historical urban character and realize historical area planning goals; the environment, to increase the permeable surfaces, reduce the heat island effect, and to absorb traffic-related air pollution; the liveability, to create a public space destination in the urban landscape; and safety, to improve the safety of all road users. The design scenarios proposed in the study were conceived to help practitioners to consider these context-based uses and design accordingly by gaining knowledge from past experiences to benefit future projects. Conclusions: The case study of the urban rehabilitation of the “Mostra d’Oltremare” area and its cultural and architectural assets in Naples, Italy, highlights the practical application of the proposed criteria and the possibility of using these criteria in other urban contexts.

Keywords: urban streets; aesthetics; environment; liveability; safety; vulnerable road users (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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