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Doctoral Thesis Critique of Legislation by Scientific-Technical Criteria: Toward Classification of Cultural Properties in Turkey(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2007) İpekoğlu, Başak; İpekoğlu, Başak; 02.01. Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe subject of the study is the contemporary conservation of immovable cultural properties. Eminent charters and conventions from the issue of Venice Charter to the present which show technical and legal quality were examined to determine the changes in time. As the study area physically limited with Turkey, immovable cultural properties that were conserved, investigated at Turkish legal texts and acts in force. Aim of the study is to investigate a systematic approach to fix the immovable cultural properties that show some kind of characteristics and applicable within the conditions and potentials of the country. Samples of immovable cultural properties were selected by examination of local geographical magazines, folkloric researches, experiences and official correspondence in addition to identifications at legal texts. During the study (i) some of the administrative institutions. awareness about the troubles of fixing immovable cultural properties (ii) essence of a systematic way defining immovable cultural properties (iii) presence of considerable number of folkloric research resources that show the relation between traditions and physical environment (iv) conflicts at fixation and registration decisions about identical immovable properties and absence of conservation policy that depends on technical and legal basis (v) absence of a national inventory of immovable cultural properties although there is an insufficient unofficial efforts (vi) a new legal attempt to reorganize the administrative institutions were all observed. The study defined a framework for classification of immovable properties that were left out the official conservation process and generally located at the fringes of settlements or at rural. In this context criteria for classification determined and listed for making investigation of inclusion class for each immovable property. Finally recommendations for reorganization of conservation institutions proposed.Doctoral Thesis Analysis of the Interaction Between Theory and Practice in Urban Planning: Understanding Izmir Experience(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2002) Özdemir, Semahat; Özdemir, Semahat; Kaya Erol, Nursen; Özdemir, Semahat; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyUrban planning, as one of the factors in shaping the urban structure, aims to help to increase the quality of life both through making the necessary spatial arrangements and through development of the urban policies. However the interventions brought through this field of study and action have always been under discussion in terms of the or success of this intervention. Accordingly one of the most ongoing discussions in planning literature covers the issues related to the theory and practice interaction with the aim to see the accordance or disaccordance between planned action and the real world of action and to help to clarify the need or success of this intervention. This thesis study is carried out with the aim to understand the interaction between theory and practice in urban planning. It aims to analyze whether the theory of planning guides to the practice of planning and whether the practice of planning shapes the urban structure. In other words it attempts to clarify the role of theory on practice of planning and the impacts of planning practice on urban structure. This study is formed of two main parts as the theoretical frame and the case study. In the first part the study presented the framework of planning theory and a short review of major theoretical approaches stated in planning literature. In the second part the study presented planning experiences of the city of İzmir through carrying out an analysis of planning practices in terms of theoretical background and implementation of planning decisions. The research method followed for carrying out of the study is mainly based on literature search, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality archives search, Yeni Asır newspaper search and on-site observations. This study found out that planning practices of İzmir had been generally guided by various theoretical approaches and these practices had performed many impacts on urban structure of İzmir. However it can not be claimed that the practice had been successfully guided by the theory or the practice had been successful to shape urban structure. Keywords: Planning Theory, Planning Practice, Theoretical Approaches, Planning in Turkey, Planning in İzmir, Urban Structure of İzmir, Prost, Danger, Le Corbusier, Aru, Bodmer.Doctoral Thesis Quantitative Analysis of Urban Morphology: Exploring Ethnic Urban Formations and Structure in the City of Izmir(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Alper, Sabri; Arkon, Cemal; Arkon, Cemal; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyUrban design and planning have been mainly involved in forming and structuring our cities. In order to understand this form and structure, various methods and tools of analyses have been developed in urban morphology. Spatial analysis is of basic need within planning and one of the essential tools for anyone who wants to investigate space. Spatial analyses are also useful tools on the way to a deeper understanding of the city itself. The aim of this thesis is to develop a theoretical framework and quantitative methodology for modeling urban form and structure, in order to better understand the complexity inherent in urban environments and to generate and improve relevant knowledge for urban design and planning. Space syntax is a set of techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations of all kinds, especially where spatial configuration seems to be a significant aspect of human affairs, as it is in buildings and cities. Space Syntax is unique as an analysis tool since it allows us to objectively measure the street network configuration. To explore the geometrical features of urban form, a geometric model is utilized and a typological analysis approach will be used for the basic element of the fabric: .the building block., Quantitative measures obtained from these syntactic and geometric approaches, their relationships and interdependencies are analyzed and explored. An integrated set of measures is identified. Case studies in Izmir are selected for testing the methodology to be developed. Methodology development is concentrated on five ethnic districts at the late-Ottoman period. These are also known as the Greek, Jewish, Armenian, European and Turkish quarters of the city. By analyzing the urban form and structure of these districts, a new integrated quantitative methodology for analysis of urban morphology is presented. Keywords: Urban Morphology, Urban Analysis, Space Syntax, Urban Pattern, IzmirDoctoral Thesis Developing a Strategic Decision- Making Process for Local Energy Planning and Urban Land- Use Evaluations: the Case for Balc¸ova Geothermal Energy(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Kutluca, Ahmet Kıvanç; Özdemir, Semahat; Özdemir, Semahat; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe concept of 'renewable energy' for countries such as Turkey which are classified as poor, in terms of reserving the mentioned fossil energies could be an opportunity for being independent. 'Geothermal Energy' among the renewable energy sources in our country is known as an important type of valid and potential energy sources. Design and land-use are closely linked to the energy efficiency levels for an urban area. The current urban planning practice does not involve an effective landuse-energy evaluation in its 'blueprint' urban plans.The case of Balçova, a district in the Izmir Metropolitan area, is used conformingly for evaluating the proposed master plan and the 'geothermal energy district heating system' use for the concern district.The examination of the existing development plan with an .energy sensitive.point of view, determination of the questioning criteria's, and the evaluation of alternative compromises that can be done on planning principles, form the originality of thesis. The construction is completed by the integration of these policy-planproject scaled approaches during this evaluation.According to the thesis main idea, the proposed energy sensitive land-use planning method can be an effective tool for planners as simulation media in GIS programs using, to evaluate efficiency levels for different plan proposals, letting to know how much energy saving causes how much deviation from the other planning ideals.In the extent of the thesis, an alternative energy sensitive (integrated) land-use planning approach is aimed in the example of 'geothermal energy district heating system' by using development tools of land-use planning, planning brief and plans on .the increase in energy efficiency in urban settlement. approach.Doctoral Thesis Traffic Accident Predictions Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach for Safer Urban Environments, Case Study: Izmir Metropolitan Area(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Selvi, Ömer; Duvarcı, Yavuz; Duvarcı, Yavuz; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 02. Faculty of ArchitectureDissertation has dealt with one of the most chaotic events of an urban life that is the traffic accidents. This study is a preliminary and an explorative effort to establish an Accident Prediction Model (APM) for road safety in İzmir urban environment. Aim of the dissertation is to prevent or decrease the amount of possible future traffic accidents in İzmir metropolitan region, by the help of the developed APM. Urban traffic accidents have spatial and other external reasons independent from the vehicles or drivers, and these reasons can be predicted by mathematical models. The study deals with the factors of the traffic accidents, which are not based on the human behavior or vehicle characteristics. Therefore the prediction model is established through the following external factors, such as traffic volume, rain status and the geometry of the roads. Fuzzy Logic Modeling (FLM) is applied as a prediction tool in the study. Familiarizing fuzzy logic approach to the planning discipline is the secondary aim of the thesis and contribution to the literature. The conformity of fuzzy logic enables modeling through verbal data and intuitive approach, which is important to achieve uncertainties of planning issues.Doctoral Thesis The Effects of Improvement Plans on Urban Transformation Process in Illegal Built Up/Squatter Areas in Turkey: İzmir and Ankara Cases(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2008) Eğercioğlu, Yakup; Özdemir, Semahat; Özdemir, Semahat; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyToday, urbanization problems which have been experienced in the past fifty years in our country have also brought about other deep-rooted problems in other sectors. The migration which started in the 1950s is the major cause of all urban problems. The social and economic problems that arose after migration, later manifested themselves in the physical space; and after the emergence of the first squatter houses a process that later turned into a practice of continuous illegal building construction was to begin. Urban problems have turned into an impasse due to the uncontrolled development and cities spreading hastily towards their peripheries, the changing social structure of cities after migratory waves, continuously mounting spatial problems, lack of policies, an even policies promoting these developments. However, it is stressed by the State Statistics Institute that the speed of population increase will go down significantly in next decades. The decrease in population rate and the focusing of government policies on the transformation of squatter areas give hints for the fact that urban transformation will always be on the agenda in the following years.In this sense, within the scope of this thesis study, especially the transformation processes which formed in the squatter/illegally constructed areas of the post 1980s in Turkey were investigated in detail. In order to present an objective picture of the transformation processes in those areas, two different samples which experienced the same transformation process in the post 1980 period were selected because different transformation processes emerged in different squatter areas where the same improvement plan was applied. Along with this, as two different work areas, the improvement plans which were applied in the squatter/illegally constructed areas in Ankara-Çankaya and Izmir-Konak municipalities were investigated, and the transformation processes were analyzed and the two different processes were reflected. At the basis of this study lies the need for investigating the urban transformation processes in squatter and illegally constructed areas, which seems especially to be a problem of big towns and metropolitan cities, and also the thought of identifying the problem objectively. This study aims at identifying urban renewal form and how the transformation process has developed, and under what sort of conditions within the present settlement of the Turkish cities, in other words in squatter or illegallyconstructed areas in recent years. In this study, in order to find out under what conditions and in which organizational structure market-based urban transformation processes were realized by individuals and in the leadership of constructors, the squatter/illegally constructed areas in Ankara-Çankaya and İzmir-Konak municipalities, where improvement plans were applied, were comparatively investigated. Key Words: Urban Transformation Processes, Squatter Areas, Improvement Plans, Redevelopment, Holistic Planning, Partnerships, Participations.Doctoral Thesis Evaluating the Impact of Urban Competitive Advantages on Economic Revitalization of Deprived Inner Cities Through a Case Study Held in İstanbul(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2008) Yalçıntaş Ağan, Hande; Arkon, Cemal; Arkon, Cemal; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThis dissertation assesses the impact of Urban Competitive Advantages in deprived inner city areas in Turkey and strength of the potential for marketability of those advantages, for economic revitalization in the case of Turkey. .The Urban Competitive Advantages Approach., compliant with latest discussions on urban economic regeneration, is a strong economy-based approach focusing on the need for recognition of inherent advantages of distressed inner cities and relies on the development of specific marketing mechanisms to promote those advantages in order to stimulate private inward investment. Accepting true contribution of the approach to urban regeneration, the thesis first examines several projects from abroad to determine key indicators in assessing the competitive capacity of a locality and then, makes use of those indicators in a case study in Istanbul in order to illustrate to what extent the present advantages contribute to stimulation of reinvestment in inner cities given the political uncertainties, economic instability, available financial mechanisms together with legislative and institutional capacities in Turkey. Finally, it is observed that resulting remarks on case study analyses support the main hypothesis of the thesis that .national policy directions and current regulatory, organizational and financial framework for urban regeneration in Turkey can only help finding best economic use of distressed inner city spaces when reformulated in the way they market competitive advantages of concerned spaces.. The dissertation concludes by recommending innovations and reviews through policy directions and necessary mechanisms in legislative, organizational and financial issues for Turkey.Doctoral Thesis Resettlement of Immigrants and Planning in Izmir During the Hamidian Period(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2006) Kiper, Nilgün; Özdemir, Semahat; Özdemir, Semahat; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThis study concentrates on the immigration into Anatolia from the Balkans, Caucasian and Crete to Izmir and the resettlement policies geared toward immigrants' establishment in the new land during the Hamidian Period. The aim of study is to investigate the efficiency of planning in term of the application of resettlement decisions that had been structured by the population policies. The other aim is determining the importance of the planning for immigrant's settlements in the late Ottoman planning practice. The planning concept is evaluated in the urban, regional and countrywide scale rather than referring to the physical organisation of the urban space. This study intends, by way of analysing the construction process of the immigrant districts, to reveal the characteristics of the construction and resettlement activities and how the central and local dynamics to realise them, rather than the physical arrangement of the districts. The role of the local administration, the special commissions for charity, local press and local residents has been investigated along with the resettlement process in the city of İzmir and the vilayet of Aydın. The significance of philanthropic activities is revealed in the construction and resettlement process.The official documents, the maps of İzmir and Western Anatolia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries will be investigated along with the news reporting in the İzmir region geared towards the settlement of immigrants.Doctoral Thesis The Impact of Pedestrianization on Residential Property Rental Values(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2007) Cömertler, Seval; Kaya Erol, Nursen; Kaya Erol, Nursen; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyWithin the context of the economic valuation of open space, the aim of this study was to understand the impact of pedestrian ways as a public open space on rental price of residential properties. With this aim, the study also searched suitable variables to determine the factors affecting this impact.The study involved a two stage procedure as theoretical analysis and empirical analysis. In the first stage, fundamental concepts and approaches were evaluated by reviewing related literatures of urban design and environmental economics disciplines.In the second stage, to analyze the impact of pedestrian way attributes on rental price of residential properties, an empirical analysis was carried out by employing Hedonic Price Method (HPM) which is basically a regression analysis estimating the effect of each relevant variable on the price of the asset in question. The analysis was realized with a sample of 140 observations in the case of Forbes Pedestrian Way, which is called as .Sevgi Yolu. (Way of Romance), in İzmir.The study has put forward that pedestrian way as a public open space has a relative measurable economic value like other public open spaces; it impacts the rental price of residential properties. Regression analysis results have shown that, proximity to the pedestrian way and level of perceived quality of pedestrian way are significant determinants of rental prices of the residential properties. Consequently, the approach developed in this study has advanced the knowledge about open space valuation and provided the first evidence -in Turkey as well as in the world wide- of the impacts of pedestrian way on residential property.s rental prices. The case of Forbes Pedestrian Way has shown that pedestrian way is desirable and valuable from a housing-market perspective. This evidence has also supported previous researches reporting open space provides a premium for property prices. Besides, Hedonic Price Method is promising in measuring the impact of pedestrian ways on residential property rental prices. Key words: Economic valuation of open spaces, environmental economics, urban design, Hedonic Price Method, Forbes Pedestrian Way.Doctoral Thesis Detection of Environmental and Urban Change Using Remote Sensing and Gis(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2007) Tarhan, Çiğdem; Çelik, Hüseyin Murat; Çelik, Hüseyin Murat; 02.03. Department of City and Regional Planning; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThis thesis is an example of how land use changes could be detected via high resolution remotely sensed data in GIS environment. In order to perform .change detection. IKONOS satellite images, belonging to 2001 and 2004, have been used. An automated Graphical User Interface (GUI) has been created for detection of environment. Different image enhancement techniques and a fuzzy inference system have been combined in the GUI. The detection results are classified according to some basic levels such as 20, 50 % and 70 %. Additionally, four different change detection algorithms have been applied, which are pixel-based, object based, feature based. These algorithms have been examined according to change detection levels with different image enhancement techniques.In this context, the primary objective of this thesis is to detect environmental changes regularly using RS and GIS in order to obtain up-to-date information about the urban areas.The secondary objective of the thesis is to compare the existing techniques with the newly developed GUI for change detection of environmental changes and to discuss the improvement in the overall results using information obtained with different detection techniques.The hypothesis of this thesis is to develop a new GIS based change detection system. Thus, it would be realized in the GIS environment efficiently and overlaid the results with digitized data in the same environment.Keywords: Remote Sensing, GIS, change detection, urban data, Izmir.