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Research Article

Measuring the Unmeasurable: Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability

By Ewing, R., & Handy, S.

Full Citation

Ewing, R., & Handy, S. (2009). Measuring the unmeasurable: Urban design qualities related to walkability. Journal of Urban Design, 14(1), 65-84.

Key Findings

This study offers measurements of subjective qualities of the urban street environment that support pedestrian behavior. Using ratings from an expert panel, it was possible to measure five urban design qualities in terms of physical characteristics of streets and their edges: imageability, enclosure, human scale, transparency and complexity.

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