Walkscapes: Redefining the path network in Emscher Landscape Park

This thesis investigates the significance of leisure walking and the spatial dimensions of pleasant walking space, in the context of fragmented urban landscape. Pleasant walking experience is intended to improve the living experience of citizens, and the space for walking is seen as a tool to reduce the fragmentation. Ruhrgebiet in Germany was...

Modelling passenger flows in public transport facilities

This thesis describes the developement of a new type of simulation tool for the assessment of designs of public transport facilities (stations, airports) and other public spaces with intensive pedestrian flows. Since the available space for such facilities is increasingly under pressure, the space efficiency and walking comfort is becoming more...