Abstract
"The Five-Minute-Walk Distance Concept, Case Study: City of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This term, also known as the “pedestrian shed”, refers to the distance that would make a person’s option of walking or driving to a destination differ. The distance is visualized as a 400-meter radius area most commonly found in some major cities or capitals’ downtown areas/main areas. To further highlight the characteristics of this concept I applied it on a case study of the city of Cluj-Napoca, checking the adherence of many areas against the concept’s principles. This will display the percentage of studied areas that meet the definition criteria and the results will indicate the proposed collection of measures to be adopted by the local authorities to increase the area definition validity score and to improve the citizens quality of life. This concept could be easily replicated in any city or capital and its metrics could be used to assess citizens. Keywords: neighborhood, 5-minute walking distance, urban development, city driving, pedestrian shed."
Highlights
Romania witnessed sluggish growth of its cities and its economy alongside other communist countries for an extended period of time
The results show that most of the elements in the Bulgaria neighborhood are located at a distance of more than 5 minutes on foot
The services in the central area are diverse, diversified and it is easy for people to travel by public transport from any point in the city to the city centre facilities / facility goals
Summary
Romania witnessed sluggish growth of its cities and its economy alongside other communist countries for an extended period of time. These states and their cities experienced a much different, more rapid development after the fall of the communist regimes, influenced by neighboring countries and by the West. Many societies today suffer from rising reliance on vehicles, and road traffic is the main mode of transportation, resulting in development of low density and expanding patterns of growth. According to Abley (2005, page 3), walkability can be defined as “the extent to which the built environment is friendly to the presence of people living, shopping, visiting, enjoying or spending time in an area”
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