EnhAncing STudEnTS’ cAMpuS wALKABiLiTy AS A SuSTAinABiLiTy indicATOR

Abstract

Introduction: Walking has recently become an essential and sustainable way of mobility for university students in their daily lives. The walkability of students is affected by the characteristics and context of the campus’s built environment. purpose of the study: The purpose of the study is to determine the time benchmarks needed to classify the students’ campus walkability and study the factors that affect students’ campus walkability, which include four groups: campus infrastructure, campus layout, context and services, and students’ behavior. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to students at the Faculty of Engineering at the AABU University in Mafraq, Jordan. SPSS software was used to analyze the data and obtain results. The results of the study show that students’ walkability can be divided into the following categories: convenient walkability, tolerable walkability, and weary walkability. Meanwhile, the factors are grouped into those that increase, decrease, or have no effect on students’ campus walkability. The significance of the research lies in the investigation of walkability as one of the primary modes of mobility on the university campus. It is considered an essential component of sustainability and is used as a design consideration for determining accessibility to the various services that students need within the university.