Connecting Communities: Comparison of sidewalk characteristics and connectivity in existing Tucson neighborhoods

Harris, Houston

dc.contributor.author	Harris, Houston
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-09T03:41:01Z	en
dc.date.available	2016-05-09T03:41:01Z	en
dc.date.issued	2016-05-06	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/608639	en
dc.description	Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project	en
dc.description.abstract	Sidewalk fragmentation in Tucson is the result of City Code Ordinance 25-12 that places the responsibility of sidewalk installation and maintenance on property owner. However, with an average household income 27% below the national average and 25% of Tucson residents living below poverty level sidewalk fragmentation has become a pedestrian safety concern. By using Google Earth to measure the percentage of paved, unpaved and not present sidewalks in four historic communities in central Tucson; this study found a directly proportional relationship between the length of time the neighborhood has been listed as a historic community and the percentage of paved sidewalks within the neighborhood.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	The University of Arizona.	en
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dc.subject	sidewalk fragmentation	en
dc.subject	historic neighborhoods	en
dc.subject	connectivity	en
dc.subject	pedestrian safety	en
dc.subject	sustainability	en
dc.subject	built environment	en
dc.title	Connecting Communities: Comparison of sidewalk characteristics and connectivity in existing Tucson neighborhoods	en_US
dc.type	text	en
dc.contributor.department	College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Arizona	en_US
thesis.degree.level	bachelors	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Sustainable Built Environments	en
thesis.degree.name	B.S.	en_US
dc.description.collectioninformation	This item is part of the Sustainable Built Environments collection. For more information, contact http://sbe.arizona.edu.	en
dc.contributor.mentor	Livingston, Margaret	en
dc.contributor.instructor	Iuliano, Joey	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-06-04T13:50:36Z
html.description.abstract	Sidewalk fragmentation in Tucson is the result of City Code Ordinance 25-12 that places the responsibility of sidewalk installation and maintenance on property owner. However, with an average household income 27% below the national average and 25% of Tucson residents living below poverty level sidewalk fragmentation has become a pedestrian safety concern. By using Google Earth to measure the percentage of paved, unpaved and not present sidewalks in four historic communities in central Tucson; this study found a directly proportional relationship between the length of time the neighborhood has been listed as a historic community and the percentage of paved sidewalks within the neighborhood.