What is Walkability and How Is It Defined?
Walkability is an important urban design concept that is mutually beneficial to the well-being of communities and their efficiency. Walking enables urban planning to not only perpetuate sustainable transportation and its reduced emissions, but promote healthy and livable communities. Initially adopted in response to increased population densities and urban sprawl, walkability developed into a multi-faceted solution in health, sustainability, and livability. Urban planning strives to faciliate more walking into our lifestyle, creating the concept of walkability. I believe walkability is a skeletal framework that leaves the definition up to interpretation. Walkability is effectively driven by categories, or metrics, which are easily dictated by the topic and author.
