1.2 “A human-scaled GIS: Measuring and visualizing social interaction in Barcelona’s Superilles”

1.2 “A human-scaled GIS: Measuring and visualizing social interaction in Barcelona’s Superilles”

January 16, 2023 · by · in
  1. Similar efforts to reduce the dominance of cars like the Netherlands’ woonerf streets, home zones in the UK, and complete streets in the US, Barcelonas superilles takes this concept to an entirely different scale. With giant clusters implementing limited vehicle use extending up to 9 city blocks, this action has great potential to redefine the current 20th-century urban layout and prioritize pedestrian use and community vibrance.
  2. Combining the use of on-site data with GIS-based analysis in this study reveals unique patterns that would otherwise be invisible by using small scale vs large scale data analysis.
  3. What specific kinds of human phenomena promote positive interactions?