Implementing Gehl’s Theory to Study Urban Space: The Case of Monotowns

Damiano Cerrone; Jesús López Baeza; Panu Lehtovuori; Daniele Quercia; Rossano Schifanella; Luca Aiello

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Implementing Gehl’s Theory to Study Urban Space: The Case of Monotowns

Damiano Cerrone, Jesús López Baeza, Panu Lehtovuori, Daniele Quercia, Rossano Schifanella, Luca Aiello

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Abstract

The paper presents a method to operationalize Jan Gehl’s questions for public space into metrics to map Russian monotowns’ urban life in 2017. With the use of social media data, it becomes possible to scale Gehl’s approach from the survey of small urban areas to the analysis of entire cities while maintaining the human scale’s resolution. When underperforming public spaces are detected, we propose a matrix for urban design interventions using Jane Jacobs’ typologies for good city life. Furthermore, this method was deployed to improve the conditions of public spaces in Russian monotowns through a series of architectural briefs for design competitions and urban design guidelines for local administrations.

Original language	English
Article number	5105
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	13
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su13095105
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2021
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Dataviz
G.I.S
Monotowns
Urban analytics

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Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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