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A STUDY OF WALKABILITY INDEX OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES

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Gunjan, Jimmy Gupta, Chetan Sachdeva, Kamalpreet Kaur, Manu Chaudhary, Vandana Gupta
» doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.10.2024.5480-5489

Abstract

70% of the total population is a pedestrian at some point of the day whether he lives in a small town or city of any country, uses car or public transport. Therefore the needs of the pedestrians should be considered while designing the cities and its streets i.e. they should be walkable. Jalandhar City- one of Punjab’s biggest and oldest cities faced 139 accidents in the year 2018 in which pedestrians were injured and crime index is 55.82 which are high. Hence the walkability of Jalandhar is deteriorating day by day in terms of safety, comfort and convenience level of pedestrians. The Model Town Area of Jalandhar is selected as a study area because it shows a clear picture of intense traffic and inadequate and improper planning of pedestrians. This paper talk about three methods i.e. MOUD method, Method by CAI-Asia and Global Walkability Index by World Bank which are used to analyze the walking conditions of a particular area and all of them have separate parameters which are considered. The major roads of the study area are selected to be surveyed which are divided in three areas (commercial, residential and educational) and survey of these areas are done according to the guidelines. The “walkability index” for Jalandhar City is calculated from all three methods and then they are compared. The findings tell us about the shortcomings of each method and the method best suited out of all is selected. Further while doing statistical analysis, the parameters having p<0.05 are more influencing

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