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This paper examines the multiple interactions between pedestrian mobility systems and land use planning within the framework of Agenda 2030’s sustainability goals involving the integration of mobility networks with urban planning development (i.e., targets 11.2 and 11.3). The study focuses on suburban university campuses and science parks as significant cases. Specifically, two different campuses and science parks have been selected as case studies, i.e., Parma and Monserrato (metropolitan city of Cagliari), located in peripheral areas and built during the second half of the 20th century. The methodological approach is based on Space Syntax, to analyse the spatial configuration of the pedestrian infrastructure of each campus. First, a segment map reflecting all pedestrian routes on each campus has been created. Then, multiple measures have been calculated using the DepthmapX software, evaluating accessibility and identifying polarities. Subsequently, the strengths and weaknesses of each campus’s pedestrian infrastructure network have been identified and a comparison analysis between the two case studies has been performed to identify common and efficient space conformation characteristics according to the Space Syntax analysis. The study concludes with an analysis of the limitations of the methodology and provides suggestions for further research.
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This work is the result of a project proposal developed within the doctoral course Smart and Sustainable Cities (3rd edition) held at the University of Cagliari and coordinated by C. Garau (https://dottorati.unica.it/dotticar/smart-and-sustainable-cities-3-edizione/). The course was attended by LJM to refine theoretical and methodological tools with reference to the topics researched in the framework of the Sustainable Mobility Centre (CNMS) Spoke 9, WP3. Funder: Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 - Call for tender No. 3138 of 16/12/2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. Award Number: Project code CN00000023, Concession Decree No. 1033 of 17/06/2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP D93C22000400001, “Sustainable Mobility Center” (CNMS). The work of V. Torrisi was supported by European Union (NextGeneration EU), through the MUR-PNRR project SAMOTHRACE (ECS00000022).
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Marinelli, L.J., Annunziata, A., Caselli, B., Desogus, G., Torrisi, V., Garau, C. (2023). Accessibility and Polarities of Pedestrian Network in University Campuses. A Space Syntax Application. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops. ICCSA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14111. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37126-4_26
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