The Redemptive Potential of the Street. A Multi-angular Analysis of Dubai’s Pedestrian Infrastructure

• DOI: 10.32891/jps.v6i1.1326
• Publication Date: 2021-12-30T12:13:06Z
• Authors: Lamia Abdelfattah; Filippo Bazzoni; Rawad Choubassi
• Keywords: Walkability; Retrofitting

Much has been written on the fast-paced development of Dubai as a city and favoring car-oriented streets in approach to road building. This paper offers reading using most forward-driven technological approaches urban transport planning derive patterns insights into areas critical concern for intervention. The stems from idea incremental retrofitting opposed toppling over current infrastructure, way significantly enhance walkability viability Dubai’s its residents minimal resources, while drastically enhancing their ability utilize public space. focal element this collection studies is street. In full, extensive research traces functional structure 36 within city, offering various potential deliver better walkable environments. From observations field surveys progressive applied methods, taxonomic categorizations well possible concerted planned strategies designed encourage safe comfortable walking experiences timely manner, reduce possibilities contracting airborne diseases, such novel coronavirus, COVID-19. focuses how interplay interdependent components infrastructure creates conditions street space respond needs. Building international practice latest disciplinary tools, delves physical characteristics interrogates some whereby intervention perceived have huge impact spatio-temporal quality. effect, study highlights avenues activating overlooked latent spaces: streets.