Smart City Gnosys
Smart city article details
| Title | Smart City And Spatial Configuration: Assessing Accessibility And Intelligibility To Increase Mobility In The George Town Heritage Site, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 50012 |
| Authors | Safizadeh, M; Tilaki, MJM; Marzbali, MH; Abdullah, A |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL-SUSTAINABLE & SMART ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN STUDIES, 48, 3 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/OHI-06-2022-0150 |
| Abstract | Purpose - The emerging concept of smart city is known to aim at sustainable urban development. One of the requirements for a smart city is to address accessibility inequalities. This study aims to investigate the accessibility level issues in urban transformation before and after combining different street networks for Penang, Malaysia, as a case study to reveal greater insight and helpful information into mobility and accessibility inequalities for future smart city planning. Design/methodology/approach - Using DepthmapX software, two main quantitative methodologies of space syntax, namely, spatial integration accessibility (SIA) and angular segment analysis by metric distance (ASDMA), are employed to analyse the level of accessibility for the main streets of George Town site before and after combination with contemporary networks. Integration, choice and entropy values were calculated for the study analysis. Findings - Results revealed the implications of combining old irregular gridiron structures with the existing planned grid structures. George Town seems to have gained a higher capacity for pedestrian accessibility; however, vehicle accessibility has lost its capacity. Findings further suggest that a combination of irregular structure and grid structure is essential for urban growth in similar historical contexts to improve accessibility and address mobility inequalities. Originality/value - The study concludes by highlighting the importance of the analysis of street structure transformation to predict consequences and promote the potential to reduce current inequalities in vehicle accessibility. |
| Author Keywords | Urban transformation; Accessibility; Intelligibility; Smart city; Space syntax; Malaysia |
Similar Articles
| Id | Similarity | Authors | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
36922  | 0.877 | Dao T.H.D.; Thill J.-C. | Metric, Topological, And Syntactic Accessibility In Three-Dimensional Urban Networked Spaces: Modeling Options And Visualization | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11, 9 (2022) |
| 55834 | 0.876 | Rodríguez-Hernández K.L.; Narezo-Balzaretti J.; Gaxiola-Beltrán A.L.; Ramírez-Moreno M.A.; Pérez-Henríquez B.L.; Ramírez-Mendoza R.A.; Krajzewicz D.; Lozoya-Santos J.D.-J. | The Importance Of Robust Datasets To Assess Urban Accessibility: A Comparable Study In The Distrito Tec, Monterrey, Mexico, And The Stanford District, San Francisco Bay Area, Usa | Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12, 23 (2022) |
| 59241 | 0.872 | Tong S. | Typology Of Transportation Accessibility For Smart And Sustainable Urban Development | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 12249 (2022) |
| 25471 | 0.871 | Rosetia A.; Harun N.Z. | Exploratory Methodological Analysis On Active Mobility In Built Environment Studies | International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design, 19, 2 (2025) |
| 5437 | 0.871 | Gupta A.; Yadav M.; Nayak B.K. | A Systematic Literature Review On Inclusive Public Open Spaces: Accessibility Standards And Universal Design Principles | Urban Science, 9, 6 (2025) |
| 45946 | 0.868 | Allam Z.; Sharifi A. | Research Structure And Trends Of Smart Urban Mobility | Smart Cities, 5, 2 (2022) |
| 39022 | 0.867 | Herrera-Acevedo D.D.; Sierra-Porta D. | Network Structure And Urban Mobility Sustainability: A Topological Analysis Of Cities From The Urban Mobility Readiness Index | Sustainable Cities and Society, 119 (2025) |
| 57919 | 0.862 | Kozlowski M.; Yusof Y.M. | Towards A Smart City In The Tropics: The Malaysian Approach | Managing Smart Cities: Sustainability and Resilience Through Effective Management (2022) |
| 24680 | 0.86 | Guo X.; Hu Y.; Zhang Y.; Yi S.; Tu W. | Evaluating The Quality Of High-Frequency Pedestrian Commuting Streets: A Data-Driven Approach In Shenzhen | Smart Cities, 8, 3 (2025) |
| 24629 | 0.86 | Unno G.; Herthogs P.; von Richthofen A. | Evaluating The Context-Adaptiveness Of Mobility Visions For Future Smart Cities | Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 1209 LNEE (2024) |