Cognitive agents and pedestrian-oriented redevelopment.

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• Creators:
  Perdue, Nicholas Adam
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Oregon ; Portland State University. National Institute for Transportation and Communities ; National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Walking
  • Pedestrians
  • Urban areas
  • Cities and towns
  • Behavior
  • Motivation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NITC-D-975
• Resource Type:
  Dissertation
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Oregon
• Abstract:
  Walking is one of the most commonplace forms of human expressions, yet the ; forms, motivations, and practices of walking vary greatly and are often at odds with ; dominant discourses in urban and transportation planning. As interest in pedestrianoriented ; studies continues to grow, there is danger that dominant discourses will continue ; to reinforce the framing of pedestrians and the practices of walking as slower moving ; versions of the private automobile and ignore deeply embedded emotional, personal, and ; cognitive aspects. As such, understandings of pedestrian transportation and human ; agency during walking must be explored in increasingly human-centered terms in order ; to understand how changes to the material environment actually impact people and daily ; practices. The purpose of this dissertation is to give considerably more attention to the ; human elements of walking by creating a set of new theoretical and practical frameworks ; for deeper representations of the pedestrian in the urban space and within a larger ; transportation system. The three articles presented in this dissertation outline an ; alternative, human-centered representation of the pedestrian, providing theoretical, ; methodological, and practical solutions to conceptualize how soft variables such as ; emotion, motivation, and especially cognition influence the practices of walking.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32145/dot_32145_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:612bdd3dc75dae4bdef86b9d63aa0bf27e1e6926963b35eab8229d3f3bd4f809