Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 14, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su141711108
Keywords
walk score; walkability; optimization strategies; Zhejiang University
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Due to poor planning of new university campuses in China, students rarely walk, despite the significant impact of walking on health and productivity. This paper evaluates and improves the walkability of the Zijingang east campus of Zhejiang University using a network distance-based Walk Score. The results show that the new method reflects actual walking experiences and provides useful design references for improving walkability.
Due to the generally poor planning of new university campuses in China today, students living in these places normally do not walk as often as they should, and with studies showing the significant impact of walking on physical health and productivity, there is an urgent need to improve university walkability. Walkability is a valuable tool for assessing the level of support for walking in a region, and there are few studies on walkability on university campuses. In this paper, we used a network distance-based Walk Score to evaluate and analyze the walkability of the Zijingang east campus, Zhejiang University. We improved some of the parameters of the Walk Score based on the actual travel characteristics of the students, formed a new calculation method based on a geographic information system (GIS) applicable to the university campus, and evaluated the applicability of this method. The results show that the new method can reflect the actual walking experience and provide a helpful design reference for designers. We also found that optimizing the distribution of facilities is very effective using the feature of the attenuation function.
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