Walkability in Historic Urban Spaces: Testing the Safety and Security in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli

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Are people willing to pay more to live in a walking environment? A multigroup analysis of the impact of walkability on real estate values and their moderation effects in two Global South cities

“…The built environment in emerging countries is ruled by a car-oriented perspective, with a lack of infrastructure for pedestrians, unequal and uncontrolled growth and weak public regulation (Cervero, 2013;Cervero, Sarmiento, Jacoby, Gomez, & Neiman, 2009). People are used to an unfavourable environment for pedestrians, and socioeconomic characteristics, therefore, play an important role in encouraging walking (Abdulla, Abdelmonem, & Selim, 2017;Larrañaga et al, 2014a).…”

Do University Students’ Security Perceptions Influence Their Walking Preferences and Their Walking Activity? A Case Study of Granada (Spain)

“…Although there is no consensus on how to analyze the several built environment attributes related to walkability, research has shown that the dimensions of the built environment beneficial for walking trips are the 5Ds density; diversity; design; destination accessibility, and distance to public transport [41]. However, 3Ds (design, diversity and density) are the most common criteria addressed in previous studies and used to construct walkability indexes [1,6,[41][42][43].…”

“…Numerous researchers have reviewed the mixed findings regarding the association between walkability, safety and security demonstrating that walkability is not only associated with the physical environment, but safety and security also play an important role in attracting people to public spaces for walking [4,6,[23][24][25][26][27]. Moreover, it is considered that security should be the foundation for a sustainable city, because with the lack of security, daily activities can become risky.…”

“…Walkability describes a concept that encompasses the dimensions that make the built environment favorable for walking. Although there is no consensus on how to measure walkability, safety and security are elements that positively contribute to walkability and walking activity [1,[3][4][5][6]. On the one hand, safety refers to pedestrians being protected from motorized traffic.…”

“…Studies have shown that perceived insecurity discourages people from walking [4,6,[23][24][25][26][27], affects women more than men [18,[28][29][30][31] and that determined elements of the built environment contribute to perceived insecurity among pedestrians [28]. However, there is a dearth of research about how security affects their preferences for walking.…”