Identifying Measures and Indicators Affecting the Walkability of Neighbourhoods with a Sustainable Neighbourhood Development ApproachCase Study: Chizar Neighbourhood, Tehran, Iran

Sustainable transportation with the aim of urban sustainable development aims to improvethe environmental quality and the socio-economic condition. one of the most important strategiesfor achieving sustainable transportation is planning and designing for walking, or in other wordsincreasing urban walkability. therefore, increased walkability has become a key issue in urban planning.understanding influential measures on urban and neighbourhood walkability for residents have becomevery important. therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the factors affecting walkability in orderto improve neighbourhoods’ sustainability from the residents’ point of view. the results of increasedwalkability are investigated through various social, economic and environmental aspects. this articleis based on a subjective approach to define the effective measures on walkability in the case study ofchizar neighbourhood in tehran. therefore, the article is an applied analytical one based on quantitativeanalysis. based on a survey technique, 200 sample questionnaires were collected. the data then was usedto conduct correlation and regression analyses. the results show that the most important factors affectingthe residents’ perception of walkability include access to daily and weekly needs, sense of security andsafety, environmental aesthetics, permeability and traffic characteristics.