Liu Lianlian, Wei Wen

Keywords： Walkability; Assessment for Walking Environment; Walkable Index

Abstract：

Walkability  reflects the degree of pedestrian friendliness of built environment. A systematic approach for assessing and measuring Walkability is important to improve the quality of walking conditions. Nowadays, some developed countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have developed some tools to assess Walkability. This paper first explains the origin and concept of Walkability and outlines the history of these instruments of Walkability, then explores the study scope, walkable index and standards setting of Walkability in these instruments, and discusses the characteristics and differences between the assessment instruments at last. This will provides valuable experiences for us to build a suitable system to assess the Walkability in cities and towns of China.

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