Evaluating the Function of Public Space on Urban Streets Using the PESTEL Analysis Tool

Currently, the perception of the functions of urban streets is changing: if previously, the priority was the transport component, the new approach to street design emphasizes the increased attention to the performance of the function of public space. Modern streets are characterized by an increased concentration of pedestrians, vacationers, and visitors to various businesses and service institutions, which requires improving methods for evaluating and designing urban streets. The authors set a goal to develop new approaches to the analysis of urban planning aspects that determine the organization of public spaces on the streets of Russian cities. The article suggests to use the PESTEL analysis method for assessing the use of urban street space on the basis of its assessing territorial resource model. The model is based on 4 groups of urban planning aspects that make it possible to evaluate the spatial solution of the street in terms of the needs of the population, public life, effective use of territories, and urban identity. Their complex consideration will make it possible to understand how the streets currently function and how well their social functions are developed. The article presents the results of testing the developed model and applying the Pestel analysis tool for urban streets in the city of Korolev.

I.D. TEPLOVA, Magister (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)

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