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Relationship between Street Furniture
in Pune and User’s Convenience
Ar. Pradnya Patki
Sinhgad College of Architecture, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
International Journal of Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture & Design
Volume 5, Issue 2, April-June, 2017, pp. 28-35
ISSN Online: 2347-2855, Print: 2347-8284, DOA: 27022017
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ABSTRACT
A Street is a public thoroughfare in the built environment. In an urban environment every person as
an individual comes in contact either physically or visually with the street at least once in a day.
Circulation, or transportation, is a street's most visible and important use. A very careful and detail
analysis of design of such corridors is necessary to cater to all the users. At the urban scale the
details of elements in the street may be as important as buildings in determining the aesthetic quality
of the city. The study is aimed to find out the requirements of the users in Pune city and the kind of
street environment they want to live in. Also there is a need to find out areas for improvement in the
design of street furniture in Pune and to provide policy guidelines. The method employed is such that
findings are obtained by interaction with people in order to know their views regarding street
furniture today in Pune and the improvement they would like to see in future with the help of
questionnaire tool. The hypothesis set for the research is that there is a relationship between the
Street furniture and user’s convenience and satisfaction.
Keywords: Circulation, Public Thoroughfare, Street Environment, Street Furniture, User‟s
Convenience.
I. INTRODUCTION
We normally relate the word furniture with indoor spaces rather than exterior elements on street. We
pass through the streets without noticing the urban furniture, which are important elements capable of
making life much more comfortable. Street furniture can be defined as fixed elements in the public
right-of-way that are intended for use by the public and that require clear ground space for approach
or use in an outdoor landscape. There are a variety of fixtures that we come across on the street which
are relatively small in scale in the urban environment and tend to present in large numbers. It is often
the small things that cumulatively, can have an impact on the quality of urban environment. (Davis C)
A well distributed arrangement of these elements will contribute in making the streets more accessible,
encouraging and a positive relation between the visitors could be formed. Not only can these items
become a distinctive feature of a neighbourhood and of a town, but it is their design and the degree to
which they address the solution to everyday problems that prove their validity. Today street furniture
has not only practical use, but also visual pleasure vital to street scenery. The paper aims to find out
whether street furniture in Pune contributes to the convenience of the people and is there is a
relationship between the Street furniture and user‟s satisfaction. The objectives are to identify and
classify the different elements of street furniture according to its use and to study the elements with
respect to scale, style, colour, robustness, sitting etc. The subject street furniture covers wide range of
items, but the scope of research paper is limited to city streets of Pune.