The salutogenicity of urban environments is significantly affected by their ergonomics, i.e., by the quality of the interactions between citizens and the elements of the built environment. Measuring and modelling urban ergonomics is thus a key issue to provide urban policy makers with planning solutions to increase the well-being, usability and safety of the urban environment. However, this is a difficult task due to the complexity of the interrelations between the urban environment and human activities. The paper contributes to the definition of a generalized model of urban ergonomics and salutogenicity, focusing on walkability, by discussing the relevant parameters from the large and variegated sets proposed in the literature, by discussing the emerging model structure from a data mining process, by considering the background of the relevant functional dependency already established in the literature, and by providing evidence of the solutions’ effectiveness. The methodology is developed for a case study in central Italy, with a focus on the mobility issue, which is a catalyst to generate more salutogenic and sustainable behaviors

Walkable urban environments. An ergonomic approach of evaluation / Appolloni, Letizia; Giretti, Alberto; Corazza, Maria Vittoria; D’Alessandro, Daniela. - In: SUSTAINABILITY. - ISSN 2071-1050. - 12:20(2020). [10.3390/su12208347]

Walkable urban environments. An ergonomic approach of evaluation

Appolloni, Letizia
Primo
;
Corazza, Maria Vittoria
Penultimo
;
D’Alessandro, Daniela
Ultimo
2020

Abstract

The salutogenicity of urban environments is significantly affected by their ergonomics, i.e., by the quality of the interactions between citizens and the elements of the built environment. Measuring and modelling urban ergonomics is thus a key issue to provide urban policy makers with planning solutions to increase the well-being, usability and safety of the urban environment. However, this is a difficult task due to the complexity of the interrelations between the urban environment and human activities. The paper contributes to the definition of a generalized model of urban ergonomics and salutogenicity, focusing on walkability, by discussing the relevant parameters from the large and variegated sets proposed in the literature, by discussing the emerging model structure from a data mining process, by considering the background of the relevant functional dependency already established in the literature, and by providing evidence of the solutions’ effectiveness. The methodology is developed for a case study in central Italy, with a focus on the mobility issue, which is a catalyst to generate more salutogenic and sustainable behaviors
2020
pedestrians; walkability; salutogenic cities; ergonomics; Bayesian networks; sustainable mobility
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Walkable urban environments. An ergonomic approach of evaluation / Appolloni, Letizia; Giretti, Alberto; Corazza, Maria Vittoria; D’Alessandro, Daniela. - In: SUSTAINABILITY. - ISSN 2071-1050. - 12:20(2020). [10.3390/su12208347]
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