Risk Factors & Road Safety Issues Online Course
Social Risks: Community Interaction
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I already hinted that the barrier effect also has an influence on communities and liveability. The top slide or top figure indicates research that was done in the early 80s by Appleyard, where connections across the road, depending on the number of vehicles, decrease substantially. The bottom picture shows you an attempt in South Africa where we tried to make communities interact more, supported by infrastructure.
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