Living Space in A City - Selected Problems of Shaping Modern Housing Complexes in Cracow - A Multiple Case Studies: Part 2 – The Case Study of High Density Forms of Multi-Family Residential Buildings

Gyurkovich, Jacek

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/471/9/092016

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“…Secondly, the center of Nowa Huta district (20th century) was designed as an ideal city of real socialism. Thirdly, contemporary Kraków is a city with many communication problems [48][49][50], mainly related to the ghettoization of residential areas [51,52], cacophony of the urban form [53,54] and lack of greenery [55,56].…”

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Measuring Walkability with GIS—Methods Overview and New Approach Proposal

Telega

Bieda

2021

Sustainability

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Cities occupy only about 3% of the Earth’s surface area, but half of the global population lives in them. The high population density in urban areas requires special actions to make these areas develop sustainably. One of the greatest challenges of the modern world is to organize urban spaces in a way to make them attractive, safe and friendly to people living in cities. This can be managed with the help of a number of indicators, one of which is walkability. Of course, the most complete analyses are based on spatial data, and the easiest way to implement them is using GIS tools. Therefore, the goal of the paper is to present a new approach for measuring walkability, which is based on density maps of specific urban functions and networks of generally accessible pavements and paths. The method is implemented using open-source data. Density values are interpolated from point data (urban objects featuring specific functions) and polygons (pedestrian infrastructure) using Kernel Density and Line Density tools in GIS. The obtained values allow the calculation of a synthetic indicator taking into account the access by means of pedestrian infrastructure to public transport stops, parks and recreation areas, various attractions, shops and services. The proposed method was applied to calculate the walkability for Kraków (the second largest city in Poland). The greatest value of walkability was obtained for the Main Square (central part of the Old Town). The least accessible to pedestrians are, on the other hand, areas located on the outskirts of the city, which are intended for extensive industrial areas, single-family housing or large green areas.

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