Abstract:
This paper presents an attempt to device an empirical method for streetscape analysis.
The need for such method is felt in a context that designing streets has been an area of
wider concern but without adequately developed guides. Improving streets and their
qualities necessitates an appropriate understanding of their presently available
characteristics and therefore, demand robust methods for that purpose. The method
presented in this paper is evolved upon Alan Jacob specified ‘requirements’ for a ‘great
street’. It demonstrates a process for the evaluation of a streetscape in relation to a set of
physical attributes, derived from Jacob’s requirements. The attributes are derived though
diagnostics analysis of the requirements with the support of the other literature available
in this area. Their strength is tested in a selected street segment of the Galle Road in Sri
Lanka.
