| dc.description.abstract | Urban pockets have been recognized
as resourceful collective spaces for urban
functions in a modern-day city. Also, urban
design and planning of major developed cities
incorporate the walkability concept in order to
minimize traffic, environmental, and health
problems. Colombo is considered the commercial
capital with a high density of office
neighbourhoods that attract high density of
vehicular movement. Fort is recognized as office
neighbourhoods in the Colombo area where the
traffic congestion is higher. Previous research
considers the physical factors of the street in
order to enhance walkability. They lacked
consideration of the walking behaviour-flow,
junctions, and small urban spaces in the process.
The study aims to identify the undefined urban
spaces that can be used as urban pockets by
studying public behaviour patterns regarding
walkability in office working hours in Colombo.
In order to identify the possible urban spaces that
can be developed as urban pockets, the research
indemnify the current walking patterns and
walkability of the area. The identified walking
pedestrian flow laid over the identified leftover
spaces which have the possibility to develop
without changing the current urban context.
Overall images for study area were developed
with the existing and possible urban pockets
based on walking patterns and the lack of
walkable routes in order to enhance the
walkability of office neighbourhoods. | en_US |
