Reimaging Streets: A Design Approach for Enhancing Walkability in Old Cities. Case Study: El Gomhouria Street, Mansoura.

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Assistant Professor., Architectural Engineering Department., Faculty of Fine Arts., El- Mansoura University., Mansoura., Egypt.

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Designing cities for cars rather than people has left them unhealthy, and has left many streets unattractive places to walk, cycle or use public transport. Roads become more crowded and cities become congested. In the last two decades, creating walkable cities becomes a different vision of recent urban design approaches. Walkable cities means that they have quality spaces to thrive, safe, and inviting to people of all ages to be capable of reaching every inch of the spaces by walking. Walkable places are comfortable, convenient, healthy, and sustainable, places where people can get chances to meet each other or to have potential outdoor activities. However, obtaining walkable cities in Egypt is still a challenge because of its difficulty to achieve. Therefore, the time has come for more effective urban design approaches seeking enhancing walkability in Egyptian cities. The objective of this research is to present a design approach for enhancing walkability in congested and car-dependent cities such Egyptian cities. The main core of the proposed deign approach is based on reimaging the physical elements and upgrading the aesthetics and visuals of the built environment to attract people to mainly depend on walking as a means of transportation. .

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