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Table 6 Macroscale urban planning measures and the resulting UMI Walkscore

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

Neighbour

Type of amenities

(Min.) needed no. of amenities

Actual no. of amenities in design

Locational distribution (center/edge/mixed)

Max. required catch distances

Global weight

Destination (local) weight

Walk score

N1

Cafeteria

5

7

Mixed

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

49

Grocery

3

8

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

1

Edge

800

3

1

Retail

5

5

Edges

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

1

Center

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Edge

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

9

Mixed

800

3

1

Clinic

1

1

Edge

800

1

1

Green space

1

5

Edges

800

2

1

N2

Cafeteria

5

14

Mixed

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

47

Grocery

3

12

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

1

Center

800

3

1

Retail

5

9

Mixed

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

4

Mixed

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

3

Mixed

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

11

Mixed

800

3

1

Clinic

1

0

–

800

1

1

Green space

1

14

Mixed

800

2

1

N3

Cafeteria

5

3

Mixed

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

57

Grocery

3

4

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

2

Center

800

3

1

Retail

5

3

Mixed

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

2

Center

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Center

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

5

Mixed

800

3

1

Clinic

1

1

Edge

800

1

1

Green space

1

13

Mixed

800

2

1

N4

Cafeteria

5

3

Center

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

57

Grocery

3

4

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

1

Center

800

3

1

Retail

5

2

Center

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

1

Center

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Center

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

2

Edge

800

3

1

Clinic

1

0

–

800

1

1

Green space

1

45

Mixed

800

2

1

N5

Cafeteria

5

2

Edged

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

41

Grocery

3

5

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

0

–

800

3

1

Retail

5

1

Center

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

0

–

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Center

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

5

Mixed

800

3

1

Clinic

1

0

–

800

1

1

Green space

1

5

Mixed

800

2

1

N6

Cafeteria

5

3

Center

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

43

Grocery

3

3

Mixed

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

1

Center

800

3

1

Retail

5

2

Center

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

2

Mixed

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Center

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

8

Mixed

800

3

1

Clinic

1

0

–

800

1

1

Green space

1

9

Mixed

800

2

1

N7

Cafeteria

5

2

Edges

800

3

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

50

Grocery

3

3

Edges

600

3

5, 3, 1

Pharmacy

1

1

Edge

800

3

1

Retail

5

1

Edge

800

2

10, 8, 6, 4, 2

School

1

1

Edge

800

2

1

Kindergarten

2

1

Edge

350

3

5, 3

Mosque

1

1

Edge

800

3

1

Clinic

1

0

–

800

1

1

Green space

1

44

Edge

800

2

1