Greater Malé Region
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Chapter 02 · Toolkit

2.3Theme 1: Roads are made for movement, not staying

All three streets move people. Malé has the most people stopping (48%), but they wait or shop, and no children play there. Villimalé’s frontage is 75% dull and few people stay. Hulhumalé’s mixed frontage holds 268 children, yet its six lanes keep three quarters of people moving.

Toolkits used

  • Land use and building scale
  • Activity, comfort and safety
  • Walking activity and movement count
Table 2.3.1The measures, island by island.
MeasureMaléVillimaléHulhumalé
Dull or inactive frontage% of surveyed street length graded D or E (Toolkit 1)80%75%0%
Children playing in the streetcount, all logged sessions (Toolkit 2)026268
People staying at the gates% of all people counted, staying against moving (Toolkit 5)48%11%26%

Malé

Most staying (48%) but no children in the street; frontage 80% dull or inactive.

Villimalé

Frontage 75% dull or inactive; only 26 children logged in the street.

Hulhumalé

Frontage holds at grade C everywhere; by far the most children in the street (268).

Bar chart of the table above: Dull or inactive frontage: Malé 80%, Villimalé 75%, Hulhumalé 0%. Children playing in the street: Malé 0, Villimalé 26, Hulhumalé 268. People staying at the gates: Malé 48%, Villimalé 11%, Hulhumalé 26%.
Figure 2.3.3Each measure scaled to its largest island.

Conclusion

Dull frontage goes with empty streets: 0 and 26 children where 75 to 80% of frontage is graded D or E, against 268 at grade C.