2013
DOI: 10.3846/20297955.2012.752928
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Some Aspects of the Formation of Pedestrian Streets and Zones in the New Public Spaces of Urban Centre / Miesto Centro Naujų Viešųjų Erdvių – Pėsčiųjų Gatvių Ir Zonų – Kūrimo Kai Kurie Aspektai

Abstract: Nowadays in urban centres, especially in old towns full of cars, the surroundings became noisy, polluted by gas, the beauty of architecture choked up, and a human being started feeling insecure and uncomfortable. This situation forces resolute actions to be taken. One of them – to oust cars from city centre and old town and form new public spaces there: pedestrian streets and even entire pedestrian zones. Therefore, this article examines evolution of formation of architectural environment of the pedestrian zon… Show more

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“…C1. Noise protection: protected against vehicle noise-due to growing urban automobilisation, city centres have become abundant with cars, which has resulted in noisy streets [14]. Pedestrian zones should be areas where people enjoy spending time and want to return, so successful pedestrian zones should be protected against vehicle noise [39].…”
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“…C1. Noise protection: protected against vehicle noise-due to growing urban automobilisation, city centres have become abundant with cars, which has resulted in noisy streets [14]. Pedestrian zones should be areas where people enjoy spending time and want to return, so successful pedestrian zones should be protected against vehicle noise [39].…”
Section: Environmental Criteriamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…C2. Air pollution: protected from road transport pollution-due to growing urban automobilisation, city centres have become abundant with cars, which has resulted in streets becoming polluted with dust and gas [14]. According to the European Economic and Social Committee (ECO/273, 2010), air pollution caused by vehicles is considered to be the most severe issue in major cities [40][41][42][43].…”
Section: Environmental Criteriamentioning
confidence: 99%
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