Rapid growth coupled with the prevailing land allocation system in Oman led to a shift from compact dwellings typologies to detached single-family houses, arranged in monofunctional zoning systems that exclusively rely on cars. Due to the sprawled transformation, authorities are unable to provide new neighborhoods with basic infrastructure and attractive open spaces. Consequently, the level of non-communicable diseases is increasing, making urban regeneration programs promoting active lifestyles in built environments a matter of public health. In our research we explore participative-planning strategies to enhance pedestrian activity within existing neighborhoods and regenerate public spaces. We conducted a quantitative survey using a standard walkability scale and physical maps to identify barriers to pedestrian activity. Subsequently, we employed the data to frame culturally sensitive co-creation workshops, gaining in-depth knowledge to guide future redesign proposals. We found that mosques are walking magnets yet engender contrasting views with regard to walkability; finding solutions to the spatial problems could develop them into walkable cores. We also observed that residents were aware of health problems caused by lack of physical activity and how that links with the built environment they inhabit. They were eager to discuss solutions, including alternative governance models, as long as the process was short and produced immediate small interventions with high-level impact on their surroundings. We employed a fine-grained combination of methods to address site-specific challenges. Its quantitative data allows the insertion in a broader discourse and the linkage to a large body of research in walkability. Co-creation workshops, especially city games, proved to be a powerful tool to initiate dialogue on complex spatial negotiation, even in societies where participatory approaches do not have a well-established tradition.

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共同设计马斯喀特的步行革命

快速增长加上阿曼盛行的土地分配制度导致从紧凑型住宅类型转变为独立的单户住宅，安排在完全依赖汽车的单功能分区系统中。由于庞大的转型，当局无法为新社区提供基本的基础设施和有吸引力的开放空间。因此，非传染性疾病的水平正在增加，这使得在建筑环境中促进积极生活方式的城市更新计划成为公共卫生问题。在我们的研究中，我们探索了参与式规划策略，以增强现有社区内的行人活动并重建公共空间。我们使用标准的步行性尺度和物理地图进行了一项定量调查，以确定行人活动的障碍。随后，我们利用这些数据来构建具有文化敏感性的共创研讨会，获得深入的知识来指导未来的重新设计提案。我们发现清真寺是行走的磁铁，但在步行性方面却产生了截然不同的观点；找到空间问题的解决方案可以将它们发展成可步行的核心。我们还观察到，居民意识到缺乏体育锻炼导致的健康问题，以及这与他们居住的建筑环境之间的联系。他们渴望讨论解决方案，包括替代治理模式，只要这个过程很短并且能立即产生对周围环境产生高水平影响的小干预措施。我们采用了细粒度的方法组合来解决特定于站点的挑战。它的定量数据允许插入更广泛的话语，并与步行性方面的大量研究建立联系。共同创造研讨会，尤其是城市游戏，被证明是启动复杂空间谈判对话的有力工具，即使在参与式方法没有完善传统的社会中也是如此。