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Master Thesis Assessment of the role of streams in formation of urban identity through cultural landscape matrix: meles stream (Izmir, Turkey)(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Kıran, Fatma; Saygın, NicelSu yolları, şehirlerin tarihi, kültürel, ekonomik ve çevresel yapılarında önemli roller üstlenmiş, kentsel kimliklerin oluşumunda ve gelişiminde hayati bir unsur olarak öne çıkmıştır. Tarih boyunca, su yolları erken dönem yerleşimlerin can damarı olmuş, şehirlerin gelişimini ve kültürel kimliğini şekillendirmiştir. Örneğin, Londra'nın Thames Nehri, Paris'in Seine Nehri ve Kahire'nin Nil Nehri etrafında büyümesi gibi birçok şehir, su yollarının sunduğu yaşam kaynaklarıyla gelişmiştir. Kültürel anlamda, su yolları toplumlar için sembolik değerler taşımış, birçok toplumda dini ve manevi bir öneme sahip olmuştur. Venedik'in kanalları, şehrin kimliğinin ikonları olarak sanat ve edebiyatla bütünleşmiştir. Hinduizm'de kutsal kabul edilen Ganj Nehri, saflığı ve ruhaniyeti simgeler. Ekonomik açıdan, su yolları ticaret ve endüstrinin temel direği olmuş, şehirlerin ekonomik büyümesine katkıda bulunmuştur. Rotterdam ve Hamburg gibi şehirler, nehir limanları sayesinde büyük ticaret merkezleri haline gelmiştir. Endüstrileşme döneminde ise su yolları fabrikaların kurulmasını ve şehirlerin büyümesini desteklemiştir. Kentsel gelişim ve mimari üzerinde de su yollarının büyük etkisi vardır. Su yolları, şehir planlaması ve mimariyi şekillendirerek şehirlere özgün karakterler kazandırmıştır. Örneğin, Amsterdam'ın ünlü kanalları, şehrin mimarisine ve kimliğine damgasını vurmuştur. Rekreasyon ve çevresel önem açısından, su yolları şehir sakinlerine dinlenme ve eğlence alanları sunarak yaşam kalitesini artırmış, aynı zamanda çevre koruma çalışmalarının odak noktası olmuştur. Londra'daki Thames Nehri'ni temizleme çalışmaları ve Chicago Nehri'nin restorasyonu gibi projeler, şehir ekolojisini iyileştirme yönünde önemli adımlar atmıştır. Bu bağlamda, su yolları şehirlerin çok yönlü gelişiminde ve kimlik oluşumunda vazgeçilmez bir rol oynamıştır. Tez kapsamında İzmir'in önemli su yollarından biri olan Meles Deresi ele alınmıştır. İzmir'in tarihi boyunca, antik Smyrna döneminden itibaren Meles Deresi, şehrin sembollerinden biri olarak öne çıkmıştır. Bu su yolu, İzmir'in gelişiminde, kültüründe ve sosyal yaşamında birçok önemli rol üstlenmiştir. Ancak, su yollarının kentsel kimlik üzerindeki etkisini yalnızca Meles Deresi'nin su akışı üzerinden değerlendirmek, bu su yolunun şehrin çeşitli rollerini tam olarak anlamamıza engel olabilir. Bu nedenle, Meles Deresi, Kültürel Peyzaj Matrisi kullanılarak incelenmiş ve bu yaklaşım, su yolunun kentsel kimlik üzerindeki çok yönlü etkilerini daha kapsamlı bir şekilde ortaya koymuştur. Bu tezin amacı, Meles Deresi Kültürel Peyzaj Matrisi kullanarak kapsamlı bir şekilde değerlendirmektir. Bu değerlendirme üç ana kategoriye ayrılmaktadır: M (Maddi) kodlar, I (Manevi) kodlar ve L (Bağlantılar) kodlar. M (Maddi) kodlar, fiziksel ve maddi unsurlara atıfta bulunur; su kemerleri, köprüler ve su değirmenleri gibi yapıları ve altyapıyı içerir. I (Manevi) kodlar, manevi ve kültürel değerleri içerir; Meles Deresi'nin mitolojik ve dini önemi, halk anlatıları ve törenleri ifade eder. L (Bağlantılar) kodları ise Meles Deresi'nin çevresindeki sanayi bölgeleri, limanlar ve şehrin diğer su yollarıyla olan etkileşimleri gibi çevresiyle olan bağlantılarını ve ilişkilerini ele alır. Bu kapsamlı yaklaşım, Meles Deresi'nin kentsel kimlik üzerindeki çok yönlü etkilerinin ayrıntılı bir analizini sağlar. Tezin amacı, su yollarının kentsel yaşamda sahip olduğu çeşitli rolleri ve önemini değerlendirmek ve şehirleşme nedeniyle kaybolmuş veya unutulmuş su yollarının restore edilmesinin önemine dikkat çekmektir.Master Thesis Climate Sensitive Design Approach To Reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect: Case of Poligon Stream and Its Surroundings, İzmir(2023) Tunçbilek, Leyla Nur; Saygın, NicelClimate change, destruction of the natural environment, high-rise buildings, intense urbanization, and high energy consumption are increasingly making urban living challenging. Climate change triggers this situation, creating an increased urban heat island effect. Outdoor thermal comfort is crucial for pedestrian health in urban areas. The growing heat island effect due to climate change leads to thermal comfort issues in cities, negatively affecting urban life. Different urban forms within cities provide different microclimatic comfort zones for pedestrians. We must adapt urban planning to climate conditions from macro to micro scales with a holistic perspective. This study examines how the heat island effect in the Poligon Stream, and its surrounding area can be reduced using a climate-sensitive design approach. The main purpose of this study is to enhance the urban microclimate around the Poligon Stream by proposing design solutions at various scales to mitigate the urban heat island effect. To calculate land surface temperature and the heat island effect, satellite data from the hottest day of the year 2022 was utilized. Wind and thermal comfort models were developed using meteorological data such as air temperature, global radiation, wind speed, and relative humidity. The morphological structure of the study area, along with the analysis results of meteorological parameters and land surface temperature, indicates that the cooling capacity in the district is considerably low. Due to the heat island effect, urban life reaches levels that adversely affect living conditions in the summer months. Resulting in substantial, sustainable urban design proposals, focusing on ecological, nature-based, and climate-sensitive approach, were developed, resulting in a 13% reduction in the urban heat island effect.Master Thesis Alternative Approaches in Urban Design in Declining Historic Areas: Case of Historic City of İzmir(2023) Afacan, Gizem; Saygın, NicelWhile the changing dynamics of the space drive the spatial practices to change for keeping up with recent conditions, alternative approaches as an updated version of placemaking concept have emerged for exceeding limitations that are generated by privatisation, gentrification and conflicts of interests that harm the relationship between place and community. The idea suggests the required amount of intervention to prevent over or under design with the consideration of both social and physical issues and promotes user-oriented design while targeting to create a permenant change in attitudes. In this context, the study aims to explore, document, and understand the practices of alternative approaches that are practised with event design, game design, civic initiatives, participatory design, temporary- tactical design and adaptive reuse in the declining historic area, case of Historic City of İzmir which is sensitive due to tangible and intangible elements of the space. This study follows a descriptive approach and the process in Historic City of İzmir is investigated through case study methodology, and then actions that were conducted by different actors were evaluated through insight of the literature. As a result, the study emphasises alternative practices as supportive tools to go beyond the physical aspect of the space considering the different dimensions of urban design. Also, the study presents the application of alternative urban design approaches while explaining the new perspective of local governance defined as the İzmir Model and suggests the consideration of placemaking process for policy making in urban design context.Master Thesis Integration of Archaeological Sites Into Planning Process: the Case of Iskele (urla)(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Erincik, Sedef; Saygın, NicelThe archaeological sites in the cities have been undergoing reconstruction activities after the Second World War. It has been emphasized that the archaeological sites that have emerged in many cities are important cultural heritage. Various studies have been carried out to integrate these areas into planning processes. Cities in Turkey, it has seen continuously inhabited since the early stages. Although the integration of archaeological sites in cities into the planning processes has been on the agenda since the 1990's in our country, current policies and strategies do not allow these areas to be integrated into the planning processes. Integrating the archaeological sites in the cities into the planning process will preserve the multi-layered structure of historical cities and prevent the destruction of archaeological remains during investments in these areas. In the study, it is discussed how to integrate archaeological sites in cities into the planning process, and in order to do that, firstly, the international and national legal frameworks which include the archaeological sites in the cities are evaluated. Afterwards, the successful examples in Europe are examined and what these examples can add to archaeological sites in historical cities in Turkey and Iskele (Urla) have been discussed. As a case study, the significance and the planning process of the archaeological sites in Iskele (Urla) have been examined. A survey was conducted with the people living around the archaeological sites and in-depth interviews with the excavation directors who carried out excavation work in the archaeological sites. According to the results of the survey, it was concluded that the inhabitants of the archaeological sites were also affected by the inability to integrate these areas into planning processes. As a result of all this, recommendations have been developed to ensure that the archaeological sites in historical cities in Turkey and particularly in Iskele (Urla) are integrated into planning processes.Master Thesis Integration of Inherited Water Management Systems With Contemporary Nature-Based Solutions: the Case of Bodrum, Turkey(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Çömez, Fatma Öykü; Saygın, NicelWater, as an indispensable source of life, is considered as a scarce resource due to excessive consumption, pollution, climate change, and poor management practices. As water scarcity is being felt more and more every day around the world, innovative and creative solutions have gained an emergency for cities. Instead of conventional solutions, city managements are searching for sensitive solutions to nature and local. Turkey is already facing the problems of water scarcity due to its semi-arid climate susceptive to climate change; however, the conventional approach dominates water management. Bodrum is chosen as the case study area because it has its own water collection methods used for centuries by local population and have been emerged as a cultural heritage. The aim of the thesis is to propose environmentally sensitive and effective solutions to the water scarcity of the peninsula by combining the local water heritage methods and contemporary nature-based water supply techniques. In the study, water management methods of different historical cities are examined. Later, the current water problems and different management techniques from around the world are discussed. Additionally, approaches of countries are discussed to understand concepts and implementations. In the case study, the water problems and management history of the Bodrum Peninsula are investigated. The current situation analyses and a survey are conducted. With the obtained data, a guide which presents integrated strategies to combine the local water heritage methods and innovative nature-based techniques have been developed for the Bodrum Peninsula.Master Thesis Stormwater Management in Cities as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: Case of Halkapınar District (izmir, Turkey)(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Ballar, Zeynep; Saygın, NicelWater scarcity, one of the effects of climate change, has started to affect the world. Stormwater acting a main role in how the world mitigates and adapts to the effects of climate change. Cities need strategies to manage the influx of stormwater. One of these strategies is the capture and re-use of stormwater instead of run off. This thesis deals with the studies that can be carried out in urban areas within the framework of stormwater management as a climate change adaptation strategy. In this context, this study treats stormwater as an asset. Thus, preventing stormwater from producing runoff or causing floods, shows what can be done in the city to capture and even re-use again. This thesis focuses on the use of green infrastructure to increase urban resiliency to climate change and natural hazards. In this study, firstly, the theoretical literature about climate change and stormwater management are examined. Then several different projects implemented throughout the world and Turkey are investigated. It has been shown that how these examples can be used as inspiration in Halkapınar District of İzmir. Subsequently, the stormwater infrastructure of İzmir from the antiquity to the present has been researched within the scope of water management. As a result of this study, what can be done for Halkapınar district is proposed. For this purpose, regional analyzes were examined first. As a result of the analyzes, the studies that can be done for stormwater are explained. This study is intended to be a guide for future studies stormwater management in cities.Master Thesis Critical Review Of City Branding: Case Study Of Hacı Memiş District (alaçatı, Turkey)(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Erdoğan, Cansu; Saygın, NicelThis thesis examines the city branding process with a critical view in the case of Hacı Memiş District in Alaçatı, İzmir. In this context, the study is aimed to criticize city branding approach as an internationally research domain characterized by a multidisciplinary research. Actually, it investigates and analyzes the controversial issues of city branding. The case study of thesis, Alaçatı that has been defined as a recent phenomenon of city branding in Turkey from 2000s, is a historical settlement in İzmir Peninsula. Within the scope of the study, the surveys and in-depth interviews with groups of business owners, locals, visitors and pioneers in Alaçatı provided the study data to reveal the dynamics and direction of the transformation. The study also focuses on the context and background of the settlement, chronological processing of historical developments, social, demographic and economic structure, land uses, plans in different scales, projects and planning decisions, to show implications of city branding on the place and target groups, especially, the locals. The aim of this study is to assess the branding story of Alaçatı in detail for disclosing a spatial, social, economic and quality of life implications on the locals. Research findings indicates that, the branding process of Alaçatı has brought about a radical transformation in Alaçatı. These impacts have caused varied tendencies, particularly, "gentrification" and in parallel with the gentrification in cities, "displacement" tookplace in Alaçatı.Master Thesis Measures To Prevent Possible Risks of Cultural Tourism on Loss of Place Identity in Historic Settlements: Case of Saburhane District, Muğla(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Polat, Fulya; Saygın, Nicel; Saygın, NicelThe cultural heritage conservation approach evolved from preservation of monumental structures, to preservation of historic fabric and living within existing texture. In case of conservation-oriented practices in historic settlements proposed functions for settlements to continue to live are generally tourism-oriented. When tourism-oriented implementations are examined, it is seen that the life in historic texture has been gentrified. In this context, this thesis discusses the relationship between cultural tourism and loss of place identity through Saburhane district in Muğla city center. A survey was conducted with the inhabitants of the district to understand the identity of the Saburhane and interviews were conducted with the authorized persons to understand the viewpoints of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and Menteşe Municipality on the conservation of historic texture and existing lifestyle in the district. The Saburhane Street Rehabilitation Project has been examined in terms of the method and process followed. The surveys showed that Saburhane has continued to be alive for a long time, the residents of the neighborhood has been observed to be highly attached on the settlement. However, the most important problems identified are the uncared physical texture, the inability of the inhabitants to maintain their buildings due to low income levels and the physical condition of the buildings getting worse to live. Despite the participatory approach being followed in the Saburhane Street Rehabilitation Project, cultural tourism demands of the Municipalities requires preventions within new proposals to be developed in order to minimize the risk of loss of place identity.Master Thesis Site Management in Conservation Areas: a Case Study of Pergamon(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Altan, Pınar; Saygın, NicelCultural sites, historical buildings and monuments have become an essential part of the living areas. They are defined as memory of the area and must be preserved. UNESCO World Heritage Convention has studies about conservation since 1972 as World Heritage Areas which have outstanding universal value for humanity. Nowadays if an area is accepted as World Heritage Site, a Management Plan Guide would be a necessity. Although the Management Plan concept takes place in Turkish legislation the disputes are still going on because of lack of manual. Through the continuing debates this study aims to develop a Management Plan Guide for efficient conservation of World Heritage Areas. In the study the heritage and management are considered as the main concern. A Management Plan Guide constituted via advisory bodies‟ recommendations for guiding the conservation areas. Additionally, different management plan cases are held from all around the World and Turkey and these examples helped to find out the importance of the monitoring phase in a management plan. In the case of Pergamon there is already an existing Management Plan since 2017. Due to examined cases and studies an alternative guide was developed for the next Management Plan according to the legal system in Turkey.Master Thesis Reclaiming Ecological Sustainability of Urban Streams by Use of Green Infrastructure Techniques(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Aksoy, Selçuk; Saygın, NicelEcological sustainability of urban streams has been significantly reversed from the last quarter of the 20th century onwards. This reverse has occurred as a result of increasing urbanisation and human activity, including construction in floodplain areas, relocation and culverting of streams, channelization, riparian clear-cut, and discharge of wastewater into streams. However, on comprehending the significance of urban streams, ecologically-based stream rehabilitation projects have been preferred to hard engineering solutions. These rehabilitation projects not only restore stream ecosystems but also reclaim their contribution to urban landscapes through the provision of ecological, social, and cultural assets. Based on the above, this study sets out to examine urban stream rehabilitation in the context of sustainable water management. In that regard, this research suggests an integrated and holistic approach through green infrastructure tools which can compensate for misguided human interventions on nature, and reclaim ecological sustainability of urban streams and their environs. In line with ecological sustainability, best practices from various countries and the case study of the research evidenced how the degraded stream ecosystem could be rehabilitated by using green infrastructure techniques. The research methodology used in the study involves analysis of the theoretical literature on green infrastructure and stream rehabilitation, best practice analysis, and case study analysis to develop a rehabilitation guideline for Arap Stream and its surroundings. In this sense, the research presents urban-scale, district-scale and neighbourhood-scale rehabilitation strategies for the case study. Finally, the study delivers the rehabilitation plan for Arap Stream that includes in-stream and green infrastructure techniques.