Imperial College London
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DR ANA MIJIC

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reader in Water Systems Integration
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3796ana.mijic Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

310BSkempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Fan:2022:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494,
author = {Fan, PY and Chun, KP and Mijic, A and Tan, ML and Liu, MS and Yetemen, O},
doi = {10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494},
journal = {Urban Forestry & Urban Greening},
pages = {1--16},
title = {A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494},
volume = {69},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The planning of green-blue spaces (GBSs) requires considering the pedestrian needs in their walking routes for improving the walking experience. Incorporating the quantitative spatial characteristics of pedestrian movement is essential for pedestrian-friendly urban planning, which however received insufficient attention. Based on the space syntax theory, this study provided three indicators – accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility – to demonstrate the needs of physical access, visual access, and spatial cognition, respectively, in pedestrian movement. Measuring these three indicators, this study exemplified the planning of pedestrian-friendly GBSs using Guangzhou, China as a case study. Spatial design network analysis was used to quantify heterogeneous values of accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of each GBS throughout the city. Moreover, we used principal component analysis to identify the leading indicators based on their weightings and then to calculate the scores to compare these three aspects of GBSs. The measurements of accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of each GBS were then averaged across urban administrative districts for evaluating city-scale GBSs. The findings showed that GBSs in central districts were most accessible and visible but least intelligible. In contrast, the overall intelligibility of GBSs throughout the city was the greatest but the visibility was the least. Furthermore, intelligibility, as a more important factor than accessibility and visibility, should be particularly emphasized in future planning of pedestrian-friendly GBSs. Pedestrians from the central districts of Guangzhou city were most satisfied with the walking experience, in terms of accessing to, viewing, and cognizing the GBSs. ‘Yuexiu’, ‘Huadu’, and ‘Nansha’ districts were found as the key places where improved accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility were particularly needed to improve the GB
AU  - Fan,PY
AU  - Chun,KP
AU  - Mijic,A
AU  - Tan,ML
AU  - Liu,MS
AU  - Yetemen,O
DO  - 10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494
EP  - 16
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1618-8667
SP  - 1
TI  - A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement
T2  - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866722000371?via%3Dihub
VL  - 69
ER  -
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