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Built environment and tourism as road safety determinants in Benidorm (Spain)

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  • Jairo Casares Blanco
  • Patricia Fernández-Aracil
  • Armando Ortuño-Padilla

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The rise in the number of urban road accidents is a challenge shared by all European cities, which seek to improve mobility while reducing transport problems. In recent years, urban road accidents in Spain have been constantly increasing and now account for a larger share of the total number of road accidents. This paper aims to analyse the impact of urban factors on road accidents. For this purpose, a small-scale analysis of land use and road infrastructure has been conducted in the town of Benidorm, one of the main tourist destinations in Spain. In addition, a regression analysis has been carried out using a Negative Binomial distribution. The results show that factors such as the level of mixed land uses, population density and road infrastructure are related to urban road accidents. The findings also reveal that tourism environments have a positive impact on pedestrian road safety. Small-scale analyses, particularly those related to exclusively-oriented environments, such as tourism developments, should be studied in detail in order to promote safety, liveability and sustainability in our cities.

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  • Jairo Casares Blanco & Patricia Fernández-Aracil & Armando Ortuño-Padilla, 2019. "Built environment and tourism as road safety determinants in Benidorm (Spain)," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(7), pages 1314-1328, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:27:y:2019:i:7:p:1314-1328
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1579784
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