Applicazione di strumenti GIS-Based per la qualità del camminare

Nowadays, walkability is regarded as an essential requirement for urban planning, related to economic environmental and social aspects. Moreover, after the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become a prerequisite for fostering walkable neighborhoods and 15-minute cities. Analysis of the international scientific literature has identified about 80 indexes for its evaluation, related to the characteristics of the urban built environment that affect its effective walkability. From this perspective, the identification of walkability requirements and specifications of urban pathway elements should be developed according to the needs of different categories of pedestrians. Starting from the state of the art regarding to the use of Gis-Based tools applied to walkability, the purpose of this research is to propose an innovative use of them aimed to provide "customizable" path maps selected according to the human diversity. First, the most vulnerable population groups such as elderly, children, and people with motor and/or cognitive-sensory diversity were considered. Infact, the scientific literature has shown an innovative link between human health and walkability, highlighting how it plays a key role promoting healthy lifestyles and an healthy and active ageing. The results consist, firstly, in the development of an operative methodology that, starting from the selection of a set of parameters, allows the mapping of pedestrian paths responding to the needs of a wide range of users and, subsequently, in the exemplification of the above methodology on an urban study area.