Green walking networks for climate change adaptation

Climate change (CC) potentially affects people travel behaviour, due to extreme weather conditions. This is particularly true for pedestrians, that are more exposed to weather conditions. Introducing the effect of this change in transport modelling allows to analyse and plan walking networks taking into consideration the climatic variable. The aim of this work is to develop a tool that can support planning and design of walking networks, by assessing the effects of actions oriented to increase resilience with respect to extreme weather conditions (CC adaptation). An integrated approach is used, thus combining transport and land-use planning concepts with elements of outdoor thermal comfort and network accessibility. Walking networks are analysed through centrality indexes, including thermal comfort aspects into a general cost function of links and weighted nodes. The method has been applied to the walking network inside the Campus of the University of Catania (Italy), which includes different functions and where pedestrian paths are barely used by people. Results confirm that this tool is sensitive to the variables representing weather conditions and it can measure the influence of CC adaptation measures (e.g. vegetation) on walking attitude and on the performance of the walking network.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.08.005
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920915001108
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Caprì, Salvatore
  • Ignaccolo, Matteo
  • Inturri, Giuseppe
  • Le Pira, Michela
• Publication Date: 2016-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 84-95
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 45
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Attitudes; Climate change; Comfort; Greenways; Land use planning; Networks; Pedestrians; Psychological adaptation; Travel behavior; Walking; Walkways; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Catania (Italy)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01600146
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2016 1:35PM