بررسي تأثير ايجاد پاركلت بر پياده‌مداري شهروندان (مطالعۀ موردي: خيابان ولي‌عصر شهر تهران)

Effects of Parquetry Construction on Pedestrian Experiences (Case Study: Valiasr Street, Tehran)

پياده‌روي قديمي‌ترين و طبيعي‌ترين شكل حركت در شهر است كه انسان مي‌تواند به ­كمك آن با محيط اطراف خود ارتباط برقرار كند و تعاملات اجتماعي را شكل دهد. نتيجۀ آن نيز نشاط و سرزندگي اجتماعي در شهرهاست؛ از اين‌رو توجه به راهبردهايي براي ترويج اين مقوله امري ضروري به­شمار مي­آيد. هدف پژوهش توصيفي-تحليلي و پيمايشي حاضر، بررسي تأثير راهبرد نوين پاركلت بر پياده‌مداري شهروندان است؛ پاركهايي با مقياس كوچك كه در امتداد لبۀ خيابان ساخته مي‌شوند. داده­ هاي مورد نظر با استفاده از ابزار پرسشنامۀ محقق­ ساخته به منظور كسب نظر شهروندان جمع­آوريو براي تحليل آن­ها از نرم‌افزار آماري SPSS21 استفاده شد. جامعۀ آماري پژوهش شهرونداني هستند كه به محدودۀ مورد مطالعه (خيابان ولي‌عصر) مراجعه كرده­اند. حجم نمونه نيز با توجه به مقادير استاندارد تعريف‌شده براساس منابع مختلف 225 نفر است. نتايج پژوهش نشان مي‌دهد ميان ساخت پاركلت و پياده‌مداري شهروندان رابطه‌اي مستقيم وجود دارد. همچنين تأثير گسترش ايجاد فضاي عمومي در شهر، ترويج هم‌زيستي در خيابان، ايجاد مكاني براي نشستن و تقويت فرايندهاي مشاركتي، بر ترويج پياده‌مداري در خيابان ولي‌عصر (عج) مثبت و معنا‌دار هستند.

Introduction Walking is one of the oldest forms of movement in urban areas. By walking, human beings can make relations with their surrounding environment and have social interactions. The walkability can result in social vivacity and merriment. The walkability of the cities and pedestrian satisfaction enable the citizens to improve their lifestyle and make better social interactions. This kind of urban structure is useful for municipality to gain more participation of the residents in decision making about the special requirements. The purpose of this present research is to investigate the influences of new ways of parquetry of the sidewalks on walkability of the citizens in Valiasr Street, Tehran, Iran. Methodology This is a descriptive and analytical research. In this research, in field surveys we have used a questionnaire tool to have citizen’s views. The statistical population of the study is all the citizens having trips in the Valiasr Street of Tehran. Based on standard values defined in recent studies, sample size is determined 225 people. We have used SPSS to analyze the data. Results and discussion The results show that there is a significant relationship between development of public spaces and enhancement of the pedestrian satisfaction. The places for sitting in the streets have also a positive relationship with improvement of pedestrian satisfaction. The results of the improvement of pedestrian experiences are including development of public spaces, designing places for sitting, coexistence enhancement in streets, and encouragement of participatory processes. Conclusion The results of this study have indicated that there are relationships between the parquetry goals and pedestrian satisfaction and walkability in the cities. The results have also demonstrated that there are significant positive relationship between walkability and pedestrian good experiences in one hand and development of public spaces, designing places for sitting, coexistence enhancement in streets, and encouragement of participatory processes on the other hand.