Many studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to determine and
measure factors that affect the walkability of city streets. Walkability is an
essential factor in deciding whether a city is green or sustainable. This paper
creates a comprehensive walkability index by analysing built environmental
indicators that affect walkability. This research was conducted on mixed land
use streets in Cairo, Egypt, combining the results from an online survey and
a walkability assessment model developed by multi-criteria decision analysis
techniques. The results were based on a three-pillar approach starting with
the theoretical background to frame the walkability indicator, numerical
assessment over the Egyptian cases using a multi-criteria decision-making
(MCDM) technique and a qualitative user perception survey. Our results
confirm that determining to what extent Cairo’s streets are walkable is crucial
to enhancing pedestrians’ perceptions of the walking environment.
Furthermore, the results illustrated the essential factors within the built
environment indicators that influence pedestrian walking behaviour.

						JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2021), 5(2), 235-251.
https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2021.v5n2-7&nbsp;

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