Urbanismo caminhável: a caminhabilidade como prática para construção de lugares

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Paiva, Lincoln
• Orientador(a): Souza, Carlos Leite de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Palavras-chave em Português: urbanismo caminhável; mobilidade a pé; caminhabilidade; pedestres; espaços públicos
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/26159

The present study intends to demonstrate the importance of walking for a person, as well as its relations to the city. It is made a conceptual approacg of both physical and social infrastructure for Walkability: the streets, the sidewalks and the limitations that the urban space imposes to the pedestrian. This study pervades, therefore, issues and elements that are fundamental for the comprehension of the essential processes of Walkability. It will also be demonstrated how urbanistic past choices have culminated in the abandonment of historical centralities, which, if added up to the increase of the urban area influenced by the transport matrix, have made people more attached to the private automobile, limiting cities’ capacity to offer environments which promote walking mobility. Walkability, therefore, is a tool which allows the study of the reasons why people walk or stop walking in the cities, as well as the impact of that in people’s life quality. This is the central theme of the present study.