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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 12(4), pp. 2634 - 2647
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120411
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Optimising Park Utilization in Urban India: Assessing the Impact of Walkability and Pedestrian Amenities on Neighbourhood Park Usage in Jalandhar City
Amrita Shukla 1,*, Pankaj Chhabra 2, Vijaya Bhati 3
1 Department of Architecture, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Visakhapatnam, India
2 Department of Architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University, India
3 Department of Architecture, Lovely Professional University, India
ABSTRACT
Neighbourhood parks are vital in enhancing the quality of life in urban settlements. It provides an opportunity for people to interact socially and engage in community activity, along with other economic and social benefits. Public spaces like neighbourhood parks are an indispensable element of urban fabric but are underutilized in developing countries like India due to improper pedestrian facilities and connectivity. Walkability is considered an alternative form of sustainable urban mobility with direct environmental, social, and health benefits. Various researchers have proposed different tools and techniques to calculate the walkability index at the city level. Many studies have been conducted on the benefits of public spaces in terms of the health and wellbeing of citizens, but factors contributing to the increasing utilization of public space need to be explored. The study proposes a neighbourhood walkability approach to understand the impact of distance and pedestrian facilities on walking and the usage of a neighbourhood park. A mixed survey approach is used for data collection, comprising a questionnaire survey and site observations for three different residential neighbourhoods in Jalandhar. The results depict a strong interrelationship between the distance of the residential area from the neighbourhood park and the availability of other pedestrian amenities. The result can help architects and urban planners understand the factors that encourage citizens to walk and provide recommendations for enhancing Walkability within the neighbourhood. Therefore, it will help optimize the usage of a neighbourhood park and enhance the quality of urban life.
KEYWORDS
Neighbourhood Parks, Public Space, Walkability, Urban Settlement, Utilization
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Amrita Shukla , Pankaj Chhabra , Vijaya Bhati , "Optimising Park Utilization in Urban India: Assessing the Impact of Walkability and Pedestrian Amenities on Neighbourhood Park Usage in Jalandhar City," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 2634 - 2647, 2024. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120411.
(b). APA Format:
Amrita Shukla , Pankaj Chhabra , Vijaya Bhati (2024). Optimising Park Utilization in Urban India: Assessing the Impact of Walkability and Pedestrian Amenities on Neighbourhood Park Usage in Jalandhar City. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 12(4), 2634 - 2647. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2024.120411.