Which Fabric/Scale Is Better for Transit-Oriented Urban Design: Case Studies in a Developing Country

Sustainability

Ali Soltani¹  Mohammad Hamed Abdi² 

[1] UniSA Business, City West Campus, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia;Urban Planning and Spatial Development Department, School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Juan de Herrera 4, 28040 Madrid, Spain;

关键词: public transit;    transit-oriented development (TOD);    transit station;    walkability;    case study;    Iran;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14127338

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The goal of this study was to find out how suitable the existing design of urban forms is for adopting transit-oriented development (TOD) basic ideas. Within a major metropolis and a medium-sized city, three varieties of Iranian urban fabric (historic, transitional, and modern) around transit stations were selected using the case study research technique. Then, for two sizes of station areas (macro) and street scales (micro), several TOD design dimensions were evaluated. The results of the comparative research indicated that Iranian cities offer greater chances for TOD design in inner urban areas (including historical and transitional urban forms), whereas microscale characteristics are less reliant on the kind of urban form.

【 授权许可】

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