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For achieving sustainable cities, sustainable mobility is one of the key elements. Policymakers around the world are taking different strategies to ensure sustainable urban mobility at the local level. However, sustainable urban mobility assessment at neighborhoods of a developing country received a significant research gap. This study attempts to close this research gap by deriving and comparing neighborhood sustainability based on three indicators: modal share, travel time, and travel cost, in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Using a two-step cluster model, neighborhoods were grouped into three clusters. Study results classified 41 (44.6%) neighborhoods as sustainable, 30 (32.6%) as potentially sustainable, and 21 (22.8%) as unsustainable neighborhoods due to less positive outcomes of sustainable mobility policies. Later, median income and jobs-housing ratio value for different neighborhood types validated the classification result. Findings from this study reveal insights for transport planners, development agencies, policymakers to identify areas where mobility of the residents needs to be improved on a priority basis; advocate further research on comprehensive sustainability assessment at the neighborhood level.
<bold>Highlights for public administration, management and planning:</bold>
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<list-item><label>•</label> There is a significant difference in modal share, travel time, and travel cost in neighborhoods.</list-item>
<list-item><label>•</label>A traditional neighborhood of the city is comparatively more sustainable than newly developed ones.</list-item>
<list-item><label>•</label> Neighborhoods with similar sustainability status tend to be clustered on the city scale.</list-item>
<list-item><label>•</label>Median income and jobs-housing ratio can effectively capture the difference in sustainability level in terms of urban mobility.</list-item>
<list-item><label>•</label>Sustainable urban mobility assessment can contribute city planning and development process.</list-item>
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For achieving sustainable cities, sustainable mobility is one of the key elements. Policymakers around the world are taking different strategies to ensure sustainable urban mobility at the local level. However, sustainable urban mobility assessment at neighborhoods of a developing country received a significant research gap. This study attempts to close this research gap by deriving and comparing neighborhood sustainability based on three indicators: modal share, travel time, and travel cost, in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Using a two-step cluster model, neighborhoods were grouped into three clusters. Study results classified 41 (44.6%) neighborhoods as sustainable, 30 (32.6%) as potentially sustainable, and 21 (22.8%) as unsustainable neighborhoods due to less positive outcomes of sustainable mobility policies. Later, median income and jobs-housing ratio value for different neighborhood types validated the classification result. Findings from this study reveal insights for transport planners, development agencies, policymakers to identify areas where mobility of the residents needs to be improved on a priority basis; advocate further research on comprehensive sustainability assessment at the neighborhood level.
Highlights for public administration, management and planning:

• There is a significant difference in modal share, travel time, and travel cost in neighborhoods.
•A traditional neighborhood of the city is comparatively more sustainable than newly developed ones.
• Neighborhoods with similar sustainability status tend to be clustered on the city scale.
•Median income and jobs-housing ratio can effectively capture the difference in sustainability level in terms of urban mobility.
•Sustainable urban mobility assessment can contribute city planning and development process.

Assessment of neighborhood sustainability in terms of urban mobility: A case study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

GeoScape

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For achieving sustainable cities, sustainable mobility is one of the key elements. Policymakers around the world are taking different strategies to ensure...

Assessment of neighborhood sustainability in terms of urban mobility: A case study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 1 - 14

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Mar 06, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2022-0001

Keywords
Transport Sustainability, Neighborhood Sustainability, Modal share, Cluster Analysis, Dhaka

© 2022 Md Hamidur Rahman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessment of neighborhood sustainability in terms of urban mobility: A case study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Published Online: Jul 09, 2022

Page range: 1 - 14

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Mar 06, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2022-0001

KeywordsTransport Sustainability, Neighborhood Sustainability, Modal share, Cluster Analysis, Dhaka

© 2022 Md Hamidur Rahman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Transport Sustainability, Neighborhood Sustainability, Modal share, Cluster Analysis, Dhaka