Developing a GIS-Based Tourist Walkability Index Based on the AURIN Walkability Toolkit—Case Study: Sydney CBD

Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh; Andrew Allan; Johannes Pieters; Gethin Davison

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_13

Developing a GIS-Based Tourist Walkability Index Based on the AURIN Walkability Toolkit—Case Study: Sydney CBD

Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh^*, Andrew Allan, Johannes Pieters, Gethin Davison

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Abstract

Although the concept of walkability has substantial health, social, economic and environmental dimensions for residents, little attention has been given to this concept from a tourist perspective. This study analysed and visualised walkability focusing on tourists’ walking experiences in the Sydney Central Business District (CBD). It develops a GIS-based tourist walkability index based on the walkability toolkit of Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) factoring in both tourists’ perceptions as well as the locations of attractions and accommodations. It illustrates that the AURIN toolkit can be considered as an efficient planning instrument analysing objective walkability criteria of network connectivity, land-use mix and population density. However, it can be suggested that incorporating the subjective walkability criteria intertwined with tourists’ perceptions such as safety, comfort, wayfinding and visual interest can be considered as an idea for the future developments of a more comprehensive walkability planning support system (PSS) on the AURIN portal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Urban Informatics and Future Cities
Editors	S. C. M. Geertman, Christopher Pettit, Robert Goodspeed, Aija Staffans
Publisher	Springer
Pages	233-256
Number of pages	24
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030760595
ISBN (Print)	9783030760588, 9783030760618
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_13
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	The Urban Book Series
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)	2365-7588

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Keywords

Australian urban research infrastructure network (AURIN)
Geographic information system (GIS)
Planning support system (PSS)
Tourism
Walkability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Urban Studies

UN SDGs

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Bassiri Abyaneh, A., Allan, A., Pieters, J., & Davison, G. (2021). Developing a GIS-Based Tourist Walkability Index Based on the AURIN Walkability Toolkit—Case Study: Sydney CBD. In S. C. M. Geertman, C. Pettit, R. Goodspeed, & A. Staffans (Eds.), Urban Informatics and Future Cities (1 ed., pp. 233-256). (The Urban Book Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_13

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Bassiri Abyaneh A, Allan A, Pieters J, Davison G. Developing a GIS-Based Tourist Walkability Index Based on the AURIN Walkability Toolkit—Case Study: Sydney CBD. In Geertman SCM, Pettit C, Goodspeed R, Staffans A, editors, Urban Informatics and Future Cities. 1 ed. Springer. 2021. p. 233-256. (The Urban Book Series). Epub 2021 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_13

Developing a GIS-Based Tourist Walkability Index Based on the AURIN Walkability Toolkit—Case Study: Sydney CBD

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