Subject: Speaker Series - Dr. Amgalan Sukhbaatar, April 22nd, 5:30 pm, American Corner- Natsagdorj Library

ACMS Speaker Series

The Relationship between Pedestrian Perception and Characteristics of Sidewalk Environment in case of the central area of Ulaanbaatar city

Speaker: Dr. Amgalan Sukhbaatar
Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mongolian University of Science and Technology

5:30 PM, Tuesday-April 22nd, 2014, American Corner, ULAANBAATAR 
Main entrance of Natsagdorj Library.

Walking is basic mode of transportation, recommendable for the city center, especially for the city center with continuous increase of car traffic and high traffic congestion, like central Ulaanbaatar. Most of sidewalks in central Ulaanbaatar have not been designed based on pleasance to pedestrians but mostly on considerations of completing a construction of footpath anywise due to the mainly economic constraints. Even in constraint of given budget, pleasant sidewalks would be designed based on the consideration of its user’s preferences. 

Addressing this situation, the research aims to identify physical and operational aspects of sidewalk environment affecting people’s preference of pleasant sidewalks. People’s perception was assessed from the questionnaire survey with area based sample size of total 200 samples. Physical and operational features of sidewalk environment were measured during the field measurement at 12 sidewalk segments from 3 city blocks, as well as at the laboratory. 

After summarizing collected data, applicable statistical method, ordered probit models were developed to analyze respondent’s rating for sidewalk environment factors depending on the combination of sidewalk attributes and characteristics of each individuals. Based on model results, physical and operational features of sidewalk environment affecting people’s preference were signified quantitatively.
About the Presenter  

 Speaker: Dr. Amgalan Sukhbaatar 

Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mongolian University of Science and Technology


Dr. Amgalan Sukhbaatar is an architect and urban planner, working as a lecturer for the courses of architectural and urban design studio at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology since 2007. He studied architecture at the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mongolian University of Science and Technology. He completed his studies in 2003 with the diploma of B.Arch, and in 2007 with the diploma of M.Arch. After working on variety scale of architectural and design practices, he studied urban planning, particularly urban transportation planning at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo and received his degree M.Eng in 2011.

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