Spatial Characteristics of Chiang Mai Old Town toward the Walkable City
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Spatial Characteristics, Walking, Chiang Mai Old TownAbstract
This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of the Chiang Mai Old City area from the context and morphological structure of space, value of access to the area of the traveling network and related factors by using methods of document analysis, area survey, observation, and space syntax models.
The results of the study found that in the old city area of Chiang Mai, the inner-city wall area had an average width and length of grid road blocks of 243 meters and 340.50 meters, respectively. The outer city wall area of long road blocks along the road line had an average of width and length of 408.24 meters and 574.53 meters, respectively. Value of accessibility to areas of city-level mobility networks and the neighborhood level had a high value in the old city area. This related to the size of street blocks and commercial areas along main roads. The city and neighborhood level average access were 0.67756 and 1.31884, respectively. The outer city wall area had better street level accessibility at the 400 m and 800 m radii. Road sections that received a lot of traffic have averages of 671.479 and 4270.150, respectively, around the Suriyawong Road intersection, (Kad Kom Market) Nanthraram Road (Nantharam Temple) Wat Lai Road and Thippayanet Road (Thippayanet Market and Pratu Hai Ya Market)
However, it was found that the road sections with high access values for traffic to the destination area were connected between the inner city wall area and the outer city wall area at a radius of 800 meters, had an average of 96.1632 along Thippayanet Road, Wua Lai Road, Nantaram Road, Suriyawong Road, passing through Saen Prung Gate (Suan Prung) and Chiang Mai Gate to the inner city wall area along Kotchasan Road, Mun Mueang Road, Phra Pok Klao Road, Sam Lan Road, Tha Phae, Ratchadamnoen Road and Ratchamankha Road The said road connected the neighborhoods of the outer city wall area and the inner-city wall area at a walking distance of 800 meters, which is a consideration to promote appropriate travel in the old city area.
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