DOI: 10.22217/upi.2016.382
Pedestrian-oriented City Centre Development in the UK

Ge Tianyang, Hou Wenjun, Yang Jianqiang

Keywords: Pedestrian-oriented; City Centre; The United Kingdom; Urban Renewal; Pedestrian Design

Abstract:

The historical development and present situation of city centres in United Kingdom were analysed. It shows the guiding ideology of pedestrian-oriented substantially. Firstly, major roads for cars then have become streets for pedestrians now. Secondly, systematic pedestrian networks have been built on the ground surface. Thirdly, traffic systems with segregation of road and pedestrian have been made based on walking scale. Fourthly, pedestrian was put first in road detailed design. Fifthly, whole pedestrian system was considered when design buildings. Sixthly, abounding and detailed pedestrian information facilities were built. In contrast, in China, the guiding ideology of pedestrian-oriented had not been attached enough importance to, and the construction for pedestrians was not enough, too. It is now an opportunity for China to strengthen the guiding ideology of pedestrian-oriented and put it into practice, when the development focus has been turning into inventory planning.


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