Analyzing the urban walkway role in promoting the vitality of urban space (case study: 17 shahrivar walkway of Tehran)

In the last decades of ad hoc expansion of cities the role of pedestrians in urban areas trimmed. This reduces the vitality of urban public spaces and walk in attracting population and reducing the space for social interactions in cities. This study seeks to analyze the role of 17 shahrivar sidewalk as a public space in vitality of urban space and show that pedestrians what extent has contributed to the vitality environment in each dimension of mixed land use, physical quality, scape, Social Security and accessibility. Descriptive - Survey method was used to collect data and analyze them. 289 questionnaires were distributed in the pedestrian area and the results were analyzed whit using SPSS and PLS software. Results show, although each of pedestrians dimension effects on the vitality of environmental but 17 server sidewalk could not lead to environmental vitality and has failed in creating a space for the continued presence and human activity. Because, the effectiveness of each of these factors is not enough that in combination with other dimensions can be caused sidewalk space vitality. Among the dimensions of sidewalk accessibility with 0.226 coefficients had more important in the vitality and the physical quality whit 0.186 weight and social security whit 0.189 are inappropriate in the sidewalk area. Among the dimensions of vitality interaction and sense of place and safety and security are in a better status than other indices.