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    The Image of the Street Sidewalks and Their Influence on User Perception the Case of Africa Avenue, King George Vi Street, Haileselasie Street, and Churchill Avenue
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023-05-01) Biruk Tamrat Hailemeskel; Darik Zebenigus
    Great cities begin with sidewalks. Sidewalks have been the main circulation places and centre for social, cultural, and economic activities. While walking a person can understand, experience, and evaluate the streets cape and this impression creates an image of the sidewalk. And the image created might become an identity for the sidewalks. Addis Ababa city is the capital of Ethiopia and the political capital of Africa is going throw different public space developments, mainly on street networks. walking is the predominant transportation system of the city. The city sidewalks serve as a meeting, socializing, and economic space beyond movement. This paper attempts to examine the Image of the Street and its sidewalks of the city by taking case study sidewalks namely Africa Avenue, King George VI street, Haileseilase street, and Churchill Avenue which were selected based on different selection criteria. There are different subjective and objective ways of measuring the image of the street and its sidewalk. The study used two approaches site evaluation and sidewalk user interview (perception approach). The examination of the sidewalks focused on Image creating indicators like the physical layout of the sidewalks, function, and activities held on them, district function and activity, presence of landmarks, architectural style along the sidewalk, safety, place identity and meaning, sense of belonging, and other emotional factors. The finding indicated Image able sidewalks are created with the balance between landscapes and the senses capes. The presence of tangible features (the physical layout and functions) and intangible features (the activity and emotion) aspects are very important. The study also revealed that there is a solid connection between people and activity, people and function, people and space, and based on these people develop feelings and emotions. The research also witnessed place (sidewalk) familiarity and emotional attachments (sense of belongingness) depending on their experience of the places. Keywords: Public Space, The Street and its Sidewalks, the Image of Street and its Sidewalks, Street Sidewalk user‟s perception, Addis Ababa