Sürdürülebilir Yeşil Kampüs Koleksiyonu / Sustainable Green Campus Collection

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  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 2
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Can Tube Tunnel Crossings Relieve Urban Congestion Problems? Izmir Tube Tunnel Project Proposal Under Scrutiny
    (MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019) Duvarcı, Yavuz; Yiğitcanlar, Tan
    Building underwater tube tunnel crossings to ease the urban congestion problems has become a popular approach for many cities across the globe. London, New York, Istanbul, Hamburg, Sydney and Brisbane are among these cities. However, the effectiveness and externalities of these expensive mega urban infrastructures have also been questioned widely among urban, transport and environmental planning scholars. Given the international popularity of the topic, this study places a new tube tunnel crossings project from Izmir, Turkey under the microscope. In this heuristic simulation study, policy-on scenarios were tested to determine possible impacts of the underwater tube tunnel-crossing project. The traffic impacts are discussed using simulations assigning the initial origin-destination data. The results of the study revealed that, given the two locations, outer and inner locations over the dagger-shape bay, the capacity increments on the bridge links and the links around the periphery highway did not bring any effective solutions beyond some minor improvements. The findings disclosed that the ineffectiveness of the tube tunnel crossing might be due to the excessive congestion happening all over the downtown area, which clogs the passageways to the bridge. The paper highlights the limitations of the tube tunnel-crossing project, emphasises the need for comprehensive investigations before committing to the project and advocates the emphasis to be actually given for sustainable mobility.
  • Master Thesis
    Inclusive Design for Public Space in Basmane, Izmir: Psychogeography as a Design Method for Urban Furniture
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Ertürk, Aylin; Tunç Fox, Ayça
    İzmir is a city that has attracted immigrants throughout the history, and Basmane in particular, has functioned as a transition hub in İzmir Basmane is a multicultural, multilingual and multiethnic district in İzmir People from different cultures and ethnicities live in this district. In such a district, people may need to have hospitality and a friendly atmosphere to live in harmony. The changes of living conditions and social structure due to mass migration, the design of urban space has become more important. It can be provided improvement people's quality of life and standards, contribution to society, creation of hospitable environment, and the feeling of belonging with urban space design. Urban furniture is the integral element of urban public spaces. Urban furniture is expected to meet human needs in public spaces. This study examines inclusive design in order to analyze the principles of urban furniture design. In order to get inclusive design approach and the accurate data of Basmane district, psychogeography was used as a design method. A questionnaire was conducted to reach out people and gather data regarding their needs in Basmane. With the consideration of the results of the dérive experience and based on the findings of the questionnaire, a suggestion of inclusive urban furniture design was shaped.
  • Master Thesis
    Testing Room and Window Design Parameters for Daylight Performance According To Breeam Assessment Criteria: Cases of London and Izmir
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Sönmez, İrem; Kazanasmaz, Tuğçe
    Daylight affects occupants' visual performance in the indoor environment. The amount of daylight determines the quality of the interior. If daylighting is controlled properly, it provides comfortable and healthy spaces for the occupants. It is the primary light source of interior and it saves energy decreasing the use of artificial lighting in the interior. Because of these reasons, daylight performance has a significant role in environmental assessment tools. As BREEAM is the first environmental assessment tool in the world which is published in the UK, it has been the subject matter in this thesis. BREEAM has 'Daylight' section in 'Health and Wellbeing' category. The illuminance value determines whether to get the credits or not in this category. It has been known that there are architectural parameters such as window size and surface reflectance that affect the illuminance value of the interiors. Each color combination of floor, wall, and ceiling results in a significant average reflectance value. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to test the whole impact of these room and window design parameters on daylight performance according to BREEAM(universities, colleges, and higher education-occupied spaces) criteria with the cases of London and İzmir. The daylight performance simulation models of the reference rooms generated with four material alternatives were built in RELUX, under clear and overcast sky conditions. Simulations run for London and İzmir covering solstice and equinox days. Findings were discussed in the view of daylighting criteria of BREEAM. In general, daylight criteria of BREEAM which is based on conditions of London (UK) were found to be suitable and applicable for cases in İzmir.
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    Citation - WoS: 17
    Citation - Scopus: 21
    Place Management of a Creative City: the Case of Izmir
    (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2017) Mengi, Onur; Durmaz Drinkwater, Sıdıka Bahar; Öner, Aslı Ceylan; Velibeyoğlu, Koray
    This study investigates how place management is used to render a creative city through the combination of soft factors as intangible characteristics and hard factors as tangible characteristics of the built environment. The study focuses on Izmir, Turkey; exploring its potential as an emerging creative city. The methodology is a descriptive analysis of recent urban design and planning activities of creative cities, reviews projects and strategies in Izmir. Findings provide a framework for place management tools and their strategic use for integration of art, design, creativity and knowledge in creative cities. Place management is used as a tool for image building and identity enhancement, and for quality of place to attract creative and knowledge workers. In the case of Izmir, hard factors triggered the formation process whereas soft factors have taken strengthen the initiative. However, both of them are yet not strong enough to creative public awareness and critical mass.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 81
    Citation - Scopus: 107
    In-Between Spaces and Social Interaction: a Morphological Analysis of Izmir Using Space Syntax
    (Springer Verlag, 2016) Can, Işın; Can Traunmüller, Işın; Heath, Tim
    This research tackles the intermediate spaces between buildings and the street, by examining the definition and importance of spatial configuration in relation to urban morphology and social relations. It also analyses how the organisation of in-between space affects social interaction in different urban forms. To understand the complex relations and socio-spatial structure of the city, it is important to use mixed methods. This research utilises various methods to focus on three dissimilar urban morphologies in Izmir, Turkey. Two inner city quarters and one modern housing estate of middle- and high-income groups are compared using space syntax analysis and snapshot observations. These neighbourhoods are selected according to their syntax measures from more integrated to segregated neighbourhoods in the axial analysis. And for a detailed zoomed-in analysis, similar diameter areas are covered for observations. Subsequently, activity patterns are observed at different times of the day, one weekday and one Sunday in three cases. In each neighbourhood, syntactic measures of all selected streets are correlated with these recorded activities. This study reveals that connectivity of streets is important for supplying niches that trigger long-duration activities and social interaction. In modern estates, stationary activities are not correlated strong enough with movement as it is in inner city neighbourhoods. Additionally, in-between spaces increase the frequency of social interaction and co-presence of people particularly in more integrated areas. However, this is only one element in developing sense of community. Further research is needed especially in correlating space syntax with environmental issues, as well as people’s behaviour.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 12
    The Role of Government Policies and Strategies Behind the Shrinking Urban Core in an Expanding City Region: The Case of Izmir
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2014) Özatagan, Güldem; Eraydın, Ayda
    Over the last few decades, the term urban shrinkage has come to be accepted as a valid concept in international academic circles, and has gradually gained importance, with its causes the subject of well-documented discussion. While previous discussions of urban shrinkage have directed attention to cities shrinking as a whole, recent research started to recognize the case of shrinkage in growing cities and regions. As such, recent discussions of urban shrinkage indicate that patterns of shrinkage vary considerably from city to city, and from sub-region to sub-region, with the importance of local dynamics in responding to changing economic pressures given much consideration. Recent studies have tended to disregard the role of government policies and strategies put in place to facilitate the adaptation of the urban economies to the new conditions. Taking Izmir as an example, being a fast-growing metropolitan region in Turkey, this paper presents evidence of government policies and strategies aimed at enhancing the development of peripheral areas that have led to shrinkage of the metropolitan core. This paper focuses on this experience and discusses its implications.
  • Doctoral Thesis
    Conflicts in the Planning Processes of Locally Unwanted Land Uses (lulus): Case Studies in Izmir
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2014) Atay Kaya, İlgi; Kaya Erol, Nursen
    Land use planning is both a technical and a political process in which many different groups with multiple interests are affected by planning decisions. While every land use planning decision has a potential of creating conflicts, Locally Unwanted Land Uses (LULUs) are the most conflict facing subjects in urban land use planning because of their negative externalities such as health effects, economic costs and harms to environment. This thesis aims to find out the reasons of and solutions for the conflicts in the planning processes of LULUs. The thesis focuses on conflicts about three LULU types including solid waste facilities, fisheries and quarries in zmir, Turkey. Qualitative research design is used with techniques including document analyses, media search and in-depth interviews. In the case studies, the conflicts are analyzed with a proposed analysis method including issues for understanding and resolving conflicts. These issues are used to discuss characteristics and reasons of conflicts and existing and proposed conflict resolution methods. It is found that the reasons of conflicts are not only the negative effects of LULUs such as odor, pollution and noise but also procedural deficiencies such as lack of knowledge and lack of trust. The findings in case studies supported the theoretical works concerning limitations for the success of participatory processes seeking for consensus. Conflict resolution attempts including symbolic benefits rather than considering exact interests of local people should be rethought.