Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale (DICEA)
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Abstract
The article focuses on the case of the modification of an
urban road network: the transformation of a portion of
an important distributor road in the urban area of
Cagliari into a pedestrian space. By means of this case
study the article aims to point out how the conditions of
hierarchy constitute a supporting tool for controlling
and verifying the project of pedestrianisation. This
analysis uses the fundamental conditions of hierarchy
as a tool to assess to what extent the modification of
the road network articulation has resulted in conditions
of lesser inter-connectivity, legibility and functionality.
This analysis evidences that pedestrianisation
interventions have not been completely defined within
a theoretical system that clearly establishes modes and
conditions of implementation. In this perspective the
article proposes a system of criteria, founded on the
principles of hierarchy, meant to be a theoretical
support for processes of pedestrianisation