A vital issue in community is providing an easy access to the transport network for different range of community members such\udas; very young, old, children and disable people. The functions that walking and walkable area can be support includes\udcommunity involvement, health, meeting and gathering and recreation which has positive effects on sustainability and vice versa.\udWalkability is the basis of sustainable city. The same as bicycling, walking can be known as ‘green’ type of transportation which\udexcept crowding reduction and also has low level of environmental influence, energy conserving without any air and noise\udpollution. It can be more than a purely useful type of travel to shopping, school and work. Also have both social and recreational\udimportance.\udThis research aims at supporting urban design knowledge and practice and contributing to the broader field of “walkability” by\udrefining the methods and measures used to analyse the relationship between walking behaviour and physical environment and its\udimpacts on city sustainability. In order to integrate knowledge from theories and research on walkability from different fields and\udof different perspectives, it is crucial to first build a broader view and a more comprehensive understanding of how the built\udenvironment influences walking. What has been done during the earlier part of this project, and will be shown in this research, is\udto provide a better understanding of the complexity of the relationship between the built environment and walking and also the\udcomplexity that lies in both of these entities, the urban form and walking activity.
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