Browsing by Subject "Pedestrians"

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    • Can we build walkable environments to support social capital? Towards a spatial understanding of social capital; a scoping review 

      Morales Flores, Paloma; Marmolejo Duarte, Carlos Ramiro (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-12-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Empirical evidence suggests that it is possible to socially renew neighbourhoods through the formation of social capital (SC) as an effect of walking. The characteristics of the built environment that influence walkability ...

    • Cidades caminháveis: as influências do espaço urbano na caminhabilidade 

      Lucena, Jéssica Gomes de (Departament d’Urbanisme i Ordenació del Territori. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 2018-06)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      O automóvel particular, anteriormente tido como símbolo da mobilidade é hoje visto como vilão da mobilidade. Ao buscar soluções para a crise da mobilidade é pertinente incentivar os modais ativos e o transporte público. ...

    • Estudio de los principales factores responsables de los accidentes de tráfico y sus efectos en España 

      Suárez Obrero, Víctor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-01-28)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      En aquest projecte es presenta un estudi sobre els principals factors causants dels accidents de trànsit i els efectes que tenen al territori espanyol. Per això, en primer lloc, s'observa els tipus de col·lisions y la ...

    • Evaluación de las Zonas 30 en Europa y definición de una Zona 30 revisada 

      González Domingo, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-05-15)
      Minor thesis
      Open Access
      La presente tesis tiene como objetivo final revisar y redefinir el concepto de Zona 30 de nuestro país -implementado en Barcelona desde 2006-. Queremos una mejora de la seguridad vial que priorice a los usuarios más ...

    • Generación de electricidad con piezoeléctricos para iluminar un panel publicitario de LEDs 

      Garcia Ostos, Miquel Angel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-03)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      En este proyecto se juntan todos los conceptos adquiridos en esta carrera. Se encontrarán aspectos de Materiales, Electrónica, Administración de Empresas y Proyectos entre otros. Lo que leerán a continuación es el diseño, ...

    • Inundaciones urbanas : criterios de peligrosidad y evaluación del riesgo para peatones y vehículos 

      Martínez Gomariz, Eduardo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-11-04)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      In this research work, an analysis is first undertaken on the hazard regarding people exposed to floods in urban areas. Several experiments with people were carried out in order to determine the stability limit to pedestrians, ...

    • Minimizing the social impact of construction work on mobility: a decision-making method 

      Casanovas Rubio, Maria del Mar; Ramos Schneider, Gonzalo; Armengou, Jaume (2020-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      Minimising the impacts of construction work on mobility, especially in urban areas, is a major issue for local authorities and construction planners that has not been sufficiently studied. This paper proposes a deterministic ...

    • Modelling of crowd behaviour during indoor/outdoor evacuation 

      Bantemits, Georgios (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07-20)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      In pedestrian dynamics, there are forces that usually define the trajectories between the moving individuals. These can be more easily understood in corresponding video scenes where the crowd movement arrives also from the ...

    • La movilidad no es una moda 

      Peremiquel Lluch; León Vivanco, María Fernanda (Grup de Recerca en Urbanisme. Departament d'Urbanisme i Ordenació del Territori. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Socio-economic potential impacts due to urban pluvial floods in Badalona (Spain) in a context of climate change 

      Martínez Gomariz, Eduardo; Locatelli, Luca; Guerrero Hidalga, María; Russo, Beniamino; Martínez Puentes, Montse (2019-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      Pluvial flooding in Badalona (Spain) occurs during high rainfall intensity events, which in the future could be more frequent according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In ...

    • Urbanismo Tático como teste do espaço público: o caso das superquadras de Barcelona 

      Sansao Fontes, Adriana; Pesoa Marcilla, Melisa; Araujo Souza, Adelita; Sabaté Bel, Joaquín; Neves, Larissa (2019-09-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Em 2013, a Prefeitura de Barcelona inicia um processo de transforma-ção da mobilidade urbana com a proposta das superquadras. Mediante um projeto--piloto, ensaia a reunião de nove quadras do Plano Cerdá em uma unidade de ...

    • Walking behavior of individuals with and without disabilities at right-angle turning facility 

      Gaire, Nirdosh; Sharifi, Mohammad Sadra; Christensen, Keith M.; Chen, Anthony; Song, Ziqi (Càtedra d'Accessibilitat (CATAC), 2017-05-31)
      Article
      Open Access
      Urban designers need to carefully consider the walking behavior of pedestrians within different walking environments to accommodate their needs. Microscopic studies of the walking behavior of pedestrians have been conducted ...