DISSERTATION TOPICS

2020

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING,
HINDU COLLEGE OF DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING
Affiliated to
DEEN BANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MURTHAL (SONIPAT), HARYANA –131039

AJAY CHAUHAN
SEMESTER 3
19025520003
 TOPICS

1. THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION, SOCIAL COHESION,

AGE, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON WALKING
Stepping towards a Healthy city
 EXPLAINATION

THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION, SOCIAL COHESION

, AGE, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON WALKING

The purpose of this dissertation was to explore, through a social ecological framework, the
multifaceted effects of the neighborhood environment by investigating how dimensions of both the
built environment and the neighborhood social context may interact to influence walking.
Aesthetics, land use mix, crime, and pedestrian infrastructure were considered with respect to built
environment walkability, and the neighborhood social context was conceptualized using measures
of both social cohesion and social interaction with neighbors.

This study involve the effects of the built environment on health through an investigation of how
features of the built environment influence dimensions of social relationships, specifically
frequency of neighboring behaviors and perceived social cohesion among neighborhood residents,
and in turn, how the relationship between the built environment and social relationships has the
potential to influence walking behavior
• The following sections will review the literatures on seven conceptual areas pertinent
to the aims:

(1) the connections between the built environment and health and health behaviors;
(2) connections between the built environment and walking
(3) the linkage between social relationship and health and health behaviors;

(4) the ways in which social relationships with neighbors may influence health and health
behaviors

(5) the ways in which the built environment and social relationships may interact in
influencing walking;

(6) how age might function in the linkage between the built environment and social
relationships; and

(7) the theoretical orientation guiding the analyses.

Built environment and walking. The built environment has important implications for
health, one of which is the extent to which adults of different ages engage in walking.
Walking, as purposeful physical activity, is among the most common forms of physical
activity

The connection between the built environment and walking has been the focus of many
active transportation studies at the nexus of public health and transportation and urban
planning disciplines

The built environment factors that facilitate walking among adults, in general, likely vary by
individuals. Researchers have identified specific factors that enhance a sense of walkability
and encourage walking as a preferential mode of transportation

Aesthetics and perceived safety. Individuals’ cognitive assessments of the built

environment influence walking behavior. Areas perceived as either attractive or aesthetically
pleasing may encourage walking as a means of recreational physical activity and active
transportation
GOAL OF HEALTHY CITY
 2. IMPACT OF ACCESSIBILITY TO RAPID TRANSIT ON
URBAN STRUCTURE

Location, location, location! – Both home owners and business managers

receive this key advice when considering where to purchase properties.

Location matters for many reasons; one of the most important is accessibility.
For businessmen, accessibility refers to the ease with which their offices or
stores can be reached by customers and employees.

A property’s accessibility is affected by both its physical proximity to a desirable

location and the capability of transportation facilities connecting those. Besides
highways, public transit systems, especially fixed rail systems like metro rails
and light rails, also play important roles in improving accessibility for
businesses around transit stations.
• Based on the promise of transit system’s value capture potentials, more and
more transit agencies are seeding financial support from the private sector
in the form of commercial transit-joint development. However, proximity to
transit systems could have negative effects on commercial property values
due to increased crime, induced traffic, noise levels and air pollution.
Developers are concerned that the advantages of enhanced accessibility
are offset by the cost of other 12 negative impacts, and locating their
commercial development near a transit system may not gain as much
benefit as they expected.