- Title
- An integrative literature review of critical liveability indicators in urban transport infrastructure planning
- Creator
- Okoro, Chioma, Musonda, Innocent, Agumba, Justus
- Subject
- Development, Liveability, Planning
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Conference proceedings
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/238011
- Identifier
- uj:24396
- Identifier
- Citation: Okoro, C., Musonda, I. & Agumba, J. 2017. An integrative literature review of critical liveability indicators in urban transport infrastructure planning.
- Description
- Abstract: It is pertinent that urban transport infrastructure developments do not disrupt the lifestyle, health, wellbeing and quality of life of the citizenry for which they are planned. The study aims to identify critical criteria upon which liveability can be measured in an area or location in which transport infrastructure development (new or capacity expansion) is proposed. Existing literature was reviewed and synthesised to identify liveability indicators used in previous studies. Review materials were sourced from accredited journals and conference proceedings. The materials were selected based on their currency and possession of the following keywords and phrases: liveability, sustainability, liveability considerations, liveability indicators, wellbeing of habitants, road planning, and transport infrastructure. Thematic content analysis was used to identify the emerging themes (liveability indicators) from the review. The factors identified were discussed based on their frequency of occurrence, which revealed the relative degree of consensus about them in the literature reviewed. Findings indicate that pollution, ease of access to amenities, services and opportunities, efficiency and effectiveness of service, safety and security, generally indicate liveability (in relation to transport development) in an urban area. Other indicators including availability of alternative modes of transport, reliability/travel time reduction, street aesthetic quality and economic vitality/business environment were also reported as benchmarks for urban liveability. By identifying the indicators of liveability in an urban area, the study provides valuable information that will be useful to road infrastructure planners in evaluating the impact of proposed road infrastructure developments on the environment and the citizenry for which they are intended. The major limitation of the study lies in the fact that it presents a distillation of extant literature which may not really reflect the reality of what is considered “liveable”. Nonetheless, planners will take cognizance of the identified liveability indicators when planning for road projects, whether for new road or capacity expansion.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2017, authors
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