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Done properly, pedestrianization may also increase local business sales. Greece boasts open public spaces and the pedestrianization of common roads. The economic crisis that Greece has been experiencing since 2008 has led people to give up their vehicles and use the pedestrian streets more frequently. The purpose of this paper was to investigate residents\u2019 perceptions and satisfaction rates concerning the pedestrian streets of Kalamaria, Greece, and evaluate their importance for residents\u2019 well-being. Following a random sampling method, 400 residents were interviewed. A two-step cluster analysis was conducted. The survey showed that the urban residents visited pedestrian zones in Kalamaria at least once a week, and the visits lasted 46\u201360 min. The improvement of urban landscape aesthetics and people\u2019s health and well-being were evaluated as important functions of pedestrian zones. The results also indicate that residents were not satisfied with their quality of life and the existing green infrastructures of the pedestrian streets, even though they have a positive disposition toward the construction or transformation of pedestrian streets. The residents expressed their unwillingness to pay more public taxes for the construction and maintenance of pedestrian and cycling streets. The safety and convenience of the mobility of residents were the most important advantages of the pedestrian streets. Meanwhile, overspill parking and difficulties with finding parking spaces were the main disadvantages for the residents. Local authorities can use the results of the present survey to manage the city\u2019s green infrastructure and use this information in the urban planning framework.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/land7030100","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,30]],"date-time":"2018-08-30T10:30:06Z","timestamp":1535625006000},"page":"100","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["The Usage and Perception of Pedestrian and Cycling Streets on Residents\u2019 Well-being in Kalamaria, Greece"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8073-2097","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Panagopoulos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Centre of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, 8000 Faro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4779-3277","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stilianos","family":"Tampakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou Street, 68200 Orestiada, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8370-5126","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paraskevi","family":"Karanikola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou Street, 68200 Orestiada, Greece"}]},{"given":"Aikaterini","family":"Karipidou-Kanari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou Street, 68200 Orestiada, Greece"}]},{"given":"Apostolos","family":"Kantartzis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou Street, 68200 Orestiada, Greece"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2017, July 31). 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