Shared Street as A Means of Liveable Urban Space

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 409; no. 1; pp. 12044 - 12054
• Main Authors: Al-Mashaykhi, B A, Hammam, R A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Accessibility; Cities; Communication; Human response; Polls & surveys; Public spaces; Qualitative analysis; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Visual fields; Visual observation
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/409/1/012044

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the liveability of urban spaces in many cities around the world. While the sustainable development goals are targeting to achieve more sustainable cities and communities, by providing universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, it is, therefore, of great importance to have more liveable urban spaces within cities. This paper discusses the importance of implementing the shared space concept to attain liveable spaces. Single case study will be the strategy of this research process supported by a qualitative approach in collecting data through conducting field observation and visual survey in the site. Since the behavioural is the manifestation of human response to the environment, this study focuses on the reaction of users to their physical settings. This means it is the physical attributes that will be analysed rather than people' perception. Thus, methods related to directly communicating with people, such as questionnaire survey, will not be implemented in this study. Synthesizing the content through using SWOT method as the main analysing technique will be implemented. The findings show that by implementing the shared space concept, it will significantly contribute to the liveability of the spaces that are more comfortable, attractive, and accessible for people to live, work, and play.