What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The
authors of "Measuring Urban Design" argue it's not an idle
question. Inviting streets are the centrepiece of thriving,
sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the
precise design elements that make an area appealing. This
accessible guide removes the mystery, providing clear methods to
measure urban design. In recent years, many "walking audit
instruments" have been developed to measure qualities like building
height, street length, and pavement width. But while easily
quantifiable, these physical features do not fully capture the
experience of walking down a street. In contrast, this book
addresses broad perceptions of street environments. It provides
operational definitions and measurement protocols of five
intangible qualities of urban design, specifically: imageability,
visual enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity. The
result is a reliable field survey instrument grounded in constructs
from architecture, urban design, and planning. Readers will also
find a case study applying the instrument to 588 streets in New
York City, which shows that it can be used effectively to measure
the built environment's impact on social, psychological, and
physical well-being. Finally, readers will find illustrated,
step-by-step instructions to use the instrument and a scoring sheet
for easy calculation of urban design quality scores. For the first
time, researchers, designers, planners, and lay people have an
empirically tested tool to measure those elusive qualities that
make us want to take a stroll.
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