- Titel
- Streets as places – characteristics of place activities in the European context with the example of the City of Malmö (Sweden)
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-971462
- Abstract (EN)
- Pedestrian activities, as an umbrella term for the movement of people on foot and for the so-called place activities that take place directly on the street such as chatting or having a coffee, have received increasing attention in transport and urban planning research in recent years. Based on a case study of the City of Malmö (Sweden), this study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first in the European context to specifically examine place activities, taking into account a wide range of variables describing street characteristics and use. Research questions for this study include the general characteristics of place activities in terms of number, duration, type, posture, user group, daily profile, mapped location in the street space, and their relationship with street characteristics. Data on place activities and street characteristics are collected for 16 blocks at five street sections in the City of Malmö based on on-site observations and GIS-data provided by the city administration. The overall number of place activities is found to be in a similar range in all five case study areas but activity characteristics differ greatly. General land use in the neighborhood and in the buildings adjacent to the street shape user groups, activity types and daily profiles with substantial differences, e.g., between streets in neighborhoods with more office-focused versus more diverse land use types. Street characteristics are more influential on activity durations and postures, but also on activity types, if attractive destinations directly in adjacent buildings and well-designed streetscape attract higher-level place activities such as chatting or consuming, rather than just waiting for a bus or parking a bicycle. The behavioral and methodological insights from this study provide the ground for designing livable streets in evidence-based approaches and also for future research adding further case studies or extending the scope of the analysis.
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- street design, urban design, pedestrians, walking, place activities
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 711
- Klassifikation (RVK)
- ZH 9350
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- Technische Universität Dresden
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- eingereichte Version / Preprint
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-971462
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 21.05.2025
- Dokumenttyp
- Preprint
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Introduction 2 Literature 2.1 Impact of the built-environment and streetscape characteristics on pedestrian activities 2.2 Characteristics of place activities 3 Data and Methods 3.1 Overview of the case study areas 3.2 Key characteristics of land use and the built environment 3.3 Street characteristics and urban design quality factors 3.4 Place activities 3.5 Analysis methods 4 Results 4.1 Key characteristics of place activities 4.2 Daily profiles of place activities 4.3 Place activities by gender and age 4.4 Relationship between street characteristics and place activities 4.5 Spatial patterns of place activities 5 Discussion and conclusions References