City and Regional Planning / Şehir ve Bölge Planlama

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Co-Design of a Public Space and the Implementation: Atakent (car) Park
(2023) Özden, Pelin; Velibeyoğlu, Koray
Citizen Design Science is a new co-design strategy for urban and architectural systems that improves the planning, design, management, and renewal of cities, urban habitats, and architectural structures, using active design tools through citizens' observation, experience, and local knowledge. The aim of this study is to describe how Atakent Parking Area is transformed into a public space design and implementation through both digital and analog active design tools in the co-design process that includes citizens' spatial experiences, needs, and desires through the method of citizen design science. The objective indicators and subjective perception applied in the study were combined in the co-design process to implement an urban design project. The experimental collaborative urban design process is realized on a democratic platform based on the tendencies and expectations of the participants. Two conceptual urban design projects were prepared with design science data including citizens' wishes, needs, and suggestions about the area, and participating citizens were asked to vote for the project democratically in the urban space. The selected conceptual design project was transformed into an implementation project in the urban area.
Citation - Scopus: 1
Contradicting Parochial Realms in Neighborhood Parks: How the Park Attributes Shape Women’s Park Use
(İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, 2023) Kaştaş-uzun, İpek; Şenol, Fatma
Neighborhood parks are significant green public spaces located in close social and geographical proximity to homes to maintain individual and public health. However, some people do not use the nearest parks, but those with other socio- spatial attributes that make them feel more “familiar”. This study argues that with their facilities, amenities and design, and the surrounding land uses, neighborhood parks do not only accommodate, but also define, regulate, and originate social relations among users. Thus, the design and planning of urban public spaces play a role in the emergence and maintenance of supportive and conflictual relations that lead to familiarity. The study answers two research questions: How do the park attributes shape and mediate the interpersonal relations among the park users? How do gender differences influence the parochial realms in parks? Data was collected through field observations and in-depth interviews with 33 female users of two neighborhood parks in a populous district of Izmir (Turkey). Results state that women’s park visits were related to their gendered roles and responsibilities. Yet their responses point to challenges emerging from physical and social attributes of parks and park surroundings which lead to negotiations to protect their individual or group’s privacy (parochial realm) in neighborhood parks. Mainly, perceived threats to women’s parochial realm are men unaccompanied by child(ren), and exposure to the male gaze. The study highlights the importance of investigating these attributes of neighborhood parks for developing research and public policies to improve women’s presence and perceived safety in public settings.
Using Personal Rapid Transit as an Effective Transport Solution in Historical Downtown Areas: a Case From Historic Kemeraltı, İzmir
(TMMOB Şehir Plancıları Odası, 2023) Duvarcı, Yavuz; Akpınar, Figen
Many issues related to the conservation of urban heritage are closely related to the transit system and the use of private trans-portation. Regeneration, revitalization, and/or heritage conser-vation are not properly managed due to problems arising directly from inconvenient transport solutions that cannot provide or resolve the accessibility and mobility needs of vulnerable groups together with inappropriate space management while indirectly causing economic shrinkage and loss of vitality. Furthermore, even if modern modes of transportation are used, they will cause significant environmental and societal difficulties, making them unsuitable for such sensitive places. This article, using a micro -simulation approach, investigates whether a Personal Rapid Tran-sit system is physically applicable, and whether it can meet exist-ing travel requirements to prove that it is sufficient for the needs of local level mobility, and finally whether other environmental/ social impacts such that land use, air pollution, safety, sustainabil-ity are positive or negative. As a method, these outputs of the system application are presented as validations of the usefulness of the PRT. Finally, it was found that there is a gain in productiv-ity in terms of mobility as well as other socio-economic benefits besides the physical applicability of the method. The study's goal is to get the information out about how PRT technology may help produce more ecologically friendly and sustainable solutions while also conserving historical assets.
The Relationship Between Transportation Demand and Supply: Granger-Causality Test Using Time-Series Data
(Pamukkale Üniversitesi, 2022) Duvarcı, Yavuz; Duran, Hasan Engin
Transport demand and supply are deemed to determine each other in a cyclic manner. The major idea has been that the demand is usually the preceding one. However, in urban cases, usually the land use variables in place of supply interfere this process. Cleansing the land use variables, the regional/national level variable pairs of demand and supply are employed to analyze the cause-effect mechanism. For objectivity, the Granger-causality test (GCT) is used to understand the relationship between transportation demand and supply. The Analyses were made at four dimensions; (a)whether the nexus is one-directional or bi-directional, (b)its significance level, (c)whether demand or supply is the preceding, (d)whether the effects are short-term or long-term. Using the Turkish statistics, the GCT results showed that, in the short/medium run, overwhelmingly the supply variables preceded (mostly in railway mode), mostly unidirectional (one-way causality) manner, however, in the long-run almost no relationship was found. In other transportation modes, no significant relationship is observed. Finally, bi-directional relations were usually observed in suburban rail. The investments then should be made according to known demand. Usually, the effects of supply (especially of railways and roadways) could rather fade away in the long-run. Still, no general statement can be made for the demand/supply causality especially in terms of which one is preceding and of the direction of causality. The chaotic nature of the process reigns over with the changing conditions.
The Assessment of the Criteria of Social Infrastructure Within the Scope of Women-Friendly City Planning Approach: The Example of Çiğli
(Konya Teknik Üniversitesi, 2022) Güney, Mercan Efe; Tuncay, Beste; Tanrıverdi, Sıdal; Şanlı, Nurseli; Akbudak, Hacer; Ay, Filiz
There is a close parallel between the freedom, equality and socialization that the residents in a social sett??ng are enjoying and the openness and equal availability of the social infrastructure in this setting. When these points are taken into consideration, it is possible to get the idea that social infrastructure areas should be planned as woman-friendly city criteria. So long as the urban planning fails to accomplish this task of creating a due process and language for gender equality, the social infrastructure areas in the cities will continue to pose a serious problem to the gender equality. In this article, an attempt has been made to articulate some suggestions for evaluating the social infrastructure areas in the light of woman-friendly city planning. This article offers some gu??delines for deciding which data should be taken into consideration and how the social infrastructure areas should be examined. The study analyzes social infrastructure areas following four categories: adequacy, accessibility, safety and usability. The findings revealed that no social infrasurcture areas met these criteria, especially in the densely used areas. The lack of face-to-face interviews with women is the shortcoming of the study. The study is one of the first studies on the subject, but it is thought that it will contribute to the field literature with its review and recommendation codes.
İzmir Narlıdere'de kentsel dönüşüm projesinin uygulanmasında gecekondu maliklerinin karşılaşabileceği sorunlar
(İdeal Kent Yayınları, 2021) Uysal, Ayça; Arslan Avar, Adile
Based on the Critical Urban Theory, the study addresses the housing problem of the poor against neoliberal housing production in İzmir. The problem of research is the dispossession of the poor with the rent gap pressure created by neoliberal housing production. The situation of the poor living in the squatter area of the Narlıdere, İkinci İnönü Neighborhood against the neoliberal housing production is examined. The study is methodologically pluralistic and it is based on institutional, spatial, and digital data, quantitative and qualitative field study. The squatter area is surrounded by luxury housing development and was declared as an area under disaster risk according to law number 6306. The transformation project which directly affects the squatter housing residents has been planning. The transformation project is market-based and focuses on spatial transformation. The research findings and Housing Affordability Index calculations which take the housing prices and household income into account show that the urban renewal process will result in slum clearance and residents of the squatters may encounter social, economic, and spatial problems.
Kültürlerarası karşılaşmaların gönüllüler üzerindeki etkileri: kapsayıcı bir toplum için sosyal sorumluluk
(Sosyoloji Derneği, 2022) Uştuk, Ozan; Can Traunmüller, Işın
This study focuses on the experiences of university students who participate in the volunteering activities of the Civic Engagement Projects Coordinatorship of the İzmir Institute of Technology. Civic engagement projects aim to contribute in developing of the democratic and participatory identity of university students through their volunteering experiences and to actively engage them in transformations for an inclusive society. In this context, the Civic Engagement Projects Coordinatorship supports volunteers to develop intercultural dialogue with diverse social groups through field projects. However, these dialogues may be challenging experiences that trigger a sense of anxiety and require volunteers to utilize adaptive competencies. In order to understand the impacts of intercultural dialogue on such volunteers, in-depth interviews were conducted with 43 university students who volunteered from 2016 to 2020. This study aims to understand the difficulties experienced by the volunteers in the field and discover their coping mechanisms. Based on the data obtained, the study identifies the methods that facilitated the students’ field experiences; additionally, essential insights are obtained regarding the improvements that the Civic Engagement Projects Coordinatorship needs to undertake in process management.
Citation - Scopus: 3
Creating Spaces for Art: Long Term Impacts of Street Art in the Urban Context
(İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, 2022) Kolçak, Emre; Kaya Erol, Nursen
Street art can be defined as any informal artistic performances or artworks practiced in the public spaces. Street art has the potential to transform the public spaces by contributing to or reducing the quality of these spaces. Through street art, in many cases, public spaces are transformed into places for entertainment, cultural activities, or areas of protests and expression of the feelings and ideas. The impacts of street art practices might be limited to one part of an open space or spread to a district or even to the entire city depending on its temporal dimen-sion. This article aims to examine the relationship of street art and public space. In this context, the article overviews the concept of street art and demonstrates its positive, negative and temporal impacts on public space. This study uses a case study approach and evaluates the long term impacts of street art practices based on the analysis of three cases in the city of İzmir, Turkey. In İzmir cases it is found out that the street art practices transformed the public space in terms of uses, activities and built environment quality and had impacts on economic and social structure of the community. The findings of this study reveal that street art holds the potential of contributing to the city life through creating spaces for artistic activities and moreover of changing the meaning and identity of the public spaces and the settlements.
Citation - Scopus: 1
Evaluation of the Location Choice of Software Industry in Istanbul Based on the Types of Economy
(İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, 2022) Köse, Şüheda; Berkoz, Ayşe Lale
One of the main fields of economic growth in developing countries is the software industry, which is one of the innovative industries. Istanbul has a great potential for software creation with its artistic potential, its unique cultural heritage, social networks, and engagement. The purpose of this article is to explore the clustering pattern of Istanbul’s software industry and the choice of location from a spatial perspective, based on the types of economy. Three important conclusions have been reached by studying the spatial activity trends of the industry. Results include: (i) the software industry has a polycentric cluster pattern in the historical city center axis, (ii) a seat for the technological parks of particularly prestigious Universities in the center, and (iii) a chosen location in the center of town to benefit from the artistic industry. The results of this study will be a guide to the potential that will lead to the creative economy’s growth in Istanbul’s future plans.
Perceived Safety and Affecting Factors in Urban Neighborhoods
(Süleyman Demirel, 2021) Gerçek, Deniz; Güven, İsmail Talih
This study intends to explore how various aspects of safety such as criminal acts, public order, and sense of community contribute to ‘perceived safety’. A questionnaire was applied to 1050 individuals that comprise the sample set living within the urban sprawl of İzmit city. People were asked to rate their evaluations on a set of safety issues in the neighborhood they live, such as crime acts, public disorder, community relationships. Investigating relevance of these issues versus perceived safety is important to understand characteristics of perceived safety in an urbanizing city subject to industrialization and immigration. Primary demographic variables: gender, age, income, and education level were also explored for their relation with perceived safety in the city. Using the quantitative method of surveying and statistical analysis, several outcomes were inferred. Accordingly, perceived safety in the city is highly associated with peoples’ opinion about crime incidences and other safety and public order issues. Community attachment has a moderate influence on perceived safety, where more connected communities are likely to feel more safe. Descriptive statistics and tests showed that perceived safety with respect to gender differs, where female feel less safe. Perceived safety versus education level and income also showed some sort of relation pattern. However, this was attributed to the fact that poor and disintegrated urban neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from crime, rather than poverty brings lack of feel of safety.Using the quantitative method of surveying and statistical analysis, several outcomes were inferred. Accordingly, perceived safety in the city is highly associated with peoples’ opinion about crime incidences and other safety and public order issues. Community attachment has a moderate influence on perceived safety, where more connected communities are likely to feel more safe. Descriptive statistics and tests showed that perceived safety with respect to gender differs, where female feel less safe. Perceived safety against education level and Perceived safety against income also showed some sort of relation pattern. However, this was attributed to the fact that poor and disintegrated urban neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from crime, rather than poverty brings lack of feel of safety.

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