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Abizadeh S. Investigating Pedestrian Criteria to Improve the Quality of Urban Space with Historical-Cultural Focus (Case Study: Esfaris Pedestrian Passage in the Historical Context of Ardebil City). CIAUJ 2023; 8 (1) :139-159
URL: http://ciauj-tabriziau.ir/article-1-336-en.html

One of the recent developments in the new trends of urban planning is paying attention to the movement of the pedestrians and its needs as an important urban issue. Without the social, economic, and architectural role of the street and the mere attention to the movement and the resolution of its disruptive and neglecting the development and planning for the movement is one of the defects of the contemporary city. A review of the growth of cities in different decades has shown that a combination of modern cultural-social technology and behaviors on the one hand and fascination with planners to relocate cavalry and responding to the tragies of it, on the other hand, leads to forgetting the spaces. In particular, the movement of pedestrians in the cities has made the urban trips numerous and prolonged.Pedestrianism is the most natural form of moving of citizens on urban streets, and moving on foot is the most important opportunity for urban streets. The pedestrian on urban streets has a space identity, a sense of belonging and receiving the quality of urban space. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the capability of the Esfaris' pedestrian space as a pedestrian route. The effective criteria in this regard are determined by the spatial quality analysis of the route. Among the urban spaces in urban centers, some spaces are mostly converted to pedestrian axes. Identifying the potentials and capacities of such spaces can be effective in enriching pedestrian policies and strategies and developing the quality of urban space. One example of the urban space located in the center and texture of Sheikh Safi in Ardebil is the Esfaris Passage, which has been implemented in recent years for this axis.In this regard, in the present study, by selecting a proper policy to promote pedestrian position in the city and reducing car dominance in the historical context of Sheikh Safi in Ardebil, it has been attempted to convert to the Esfaris Passage by examining the quality and characteristics of existing conditions and treating a walking path (reducing personal cars) not to the sidewalk (completely eliminating personal cars). To achieve this goal, after defining the historical texture of Sheikh Safi and the quality of the Esfaris Passage, documentary studies and survey methods were used with 383 questionnaires from pedestrians and citizens. The results of the impact of the pavement on the quality of urban life showed that the quality of spaces in most criteria, especially social criteria such as access, aesthetic, bodybuilding and functional space, urban facade, flooring, furniture and human scale, light, use and behavioral quality were suitable on the Esfaris Passage.Among the urban spaces in urban centers, some spaces are mostly converted to pedestrian axes. Identifying the potentials and capacities of such spaces can be effective in enriching pedestrian policies and strategies and developing the quality of urban space. One example of the urban space located in the center and texture of Sheikh Safi in Ardebil is the Esfaris Passage, which has been implemented in recent years for this axis. Accordingly, this article seeks to identify the capabilities and potential of this axis as a pedestrian route, priority of this route, and a route for traffic to solve traffic and economic problems. Although most pedestrians acknowledge the desirable changes of the place, the pedestrian organization, mentioned the negative changes made after launching this route.