Abstract
There are basically two kinds of city centres: historic and modern. Historic city centres, built in an era when no cars existed, tend to be very walkable environments. Modern cities, however, are much more car-dominated, leading to a less attractive walking environment. Rotterdam is one of the four main cities in the Netherlands and its historic city centre was destroyed during the Second World War. The post-war reconstruction mainly caters to cars, like many other cities throughout the world, resulting in a somewhat pedestrianunfriendly walking environment. We set out to analyse this environment and its users, and hopefully with our results, make recommendations for car-dominated cities worldwide. We wanted to find out which paths people really took and to gain insight about personal preferences in a modern, cardominated city. We wanted to extract lessons for improving the city centre based on both real experiences and objectively measured behaviour.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The City at Eye Level |
Editors | H. Karssenberg, J. Laven, M. Glaser, M. van 't Hoff |
Place of Publication | Delft |
Publisher | Eburon Academic Publishers |
Pages | 64-67 |
Edition | 2nd and extended version |
ISBN (Print) | 978-90-5972-999-5 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |