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Table 4 Summary of the macroscale urban morphological indicators of the studied neighborhoods

From: More dense but less walkable: the impact of macroscale walkability indicators on recent designs of emirati neighborhoods

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Total area (ha)

Total population (p)

Population density (pph)

Floor area ratio (FAR)

Designed types and no. of amenities

Block length

Street intersection density

Link-to-nodes ratio

Urban sprawling case

 N1

301

3312

11.02

0.11

Cafeteria (7)

180, 270 m

40.20/km2

1.496

Grocery (8)

Pharmacy (1)

Retail (5)

School (1)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (9)

Clinic (1)

Green Space (5)

Urban compact cases

 N2

538

5652

10.51

0.18

Cafeteria (14)

350, 560 m

39.78/km2

1.491

Grocery (12)

Pharmacy (1)

Retail (9)

School (4)

Kindergarten (3)

Mosque (11)

Clinic (0)

Green Space (14)

 N3

352

7272

20.66

0.18

Cafeteria (3)

150, 180, 240, 270 m

59.38/km2

1.498

Grocery (4)

Pharmacy (2)

Retail (3)

School (2)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (5)

Clinic (1)

Green Space (13)

 N4

140

4579

32.72

0.26

Cafeteria (3)

90, 120, 150 m

126.43/km2

1.424

Grocery (4)

Pharmacy (1)

Retail (2)

School (1)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (2)

Clinic (0)

Green Space (45)

 N5

239

11,491

48.11

0.26

Cafeteria (2)

250, 275 m

89.12/km2

1.319

Grocery (5)

Pharmacy (0)

Retail (1)

School (0)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (5)

Clinic (0)

Green Space (5)

 N6

465

12,188

26.20

0.38

Cafeteria (3)

150, 180, 240, 300 m

72.69/km2

1.435

Grocery (3)

Pharmacy (1)

Retail (2)

School (2)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (8)

Clinic (0)

Green Space (9)

 N7

144

6970

48.34

0.41

Cafeteria (2)

150, 175, 250, 300 m

197.22/km2

1.359

Grocery (3)

Pharmacy (1)

Retail (1)

School (1)

Kindergarten (1)

Mosque (1)

Clinic (0)

Green Space (44)