Caminhabilidade em vias urbanas: uma análise sob a perspectiva do pedestre

Abstract

In recent decades, there has been an inversion of values in urban mobility policy, when the focus of municipal management became drivers, to the detriment of pedestrians. In order to resume the understanding of cities for people, this dissertation aimed to analyze walkability from the pedestrian's perspective. To this end, three scientific articles were developed. The first, carries out a bibliometric review, with the aim of verifying studies on walkability models in the period from 1945 to 2022. In addition to the main characteristics of scientific production on the subject, the research shows that only 11% of walkability models walkability found considered the pedestrian's perspective, which served as input for the second article. The second article evaluated the dimensions and variables to evaluate walkability conditions in different urban spaces. To this end, a review of the walkability models in WOS was carried out, allowing the main dimensions and variables of walkability in different urban spaces to be identified. Understanding the models and the main dimensions and variables for studying walkability in urban centers, the third article evaluated walkability conditions in the central region of the city of Campina Grande– PB, from the perspective of pedestrians. The research showed that the urban function and comfort dimensions were the ones that presented the most critical points and the connectivity dimensions and route attributes obtained positive evaluations. The results indicated that to promote walkability and the use of sustainable means of transport, urban mobility policies aimed at people are necessary.