Abstract
Pedestrian infrastructures in Hong Kong enable multilevel city life in a vertical metropolis plagued by land scarcity. Public spaces integrated into pedestrian networks play an indispensable role in neighbourhood accessibility. We visualize the impact of the Covid-19 vaccine passport (VP) restrictions on the use of public space on pedestrian accessibility to all 97 metro stations in Hong Kong. Pedestrians without a vaccine passport (PwoVP) need to walk significantly longer alternative routes. Specifically, VP-related access restrictions to indoor walkways have doubled the shortest travel time for PwoVP and a 50% reduction in accessibility of two-thirds of stations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 516-518 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Regional Studies, Regional Science |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2022 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- 3D pedestrian network
- Covid-19
- Hong Kong
- metro
- pedestrian accessibility
- vaccine passport
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Sociology and Political Science
- Economics and Econometrics
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