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Author: search.filters.author.Kaya Erol, NursenDepartment: search.filters.department.Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, City and Regional Planning

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  • Master Thesis
    Assessing the Walkability Principles: the Case Study of Mehmetçik Boulevard
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Bağcı, Seda; Kaya Erol, Nursen
    Walkability is defined as the action of the human being to go from one place to another. The streets are one of the most important parts of the built environment and their using by pedestrians increases urban consciousness and social ties. The quality of walkability varies according to the location, usage, and character of the public space. Walkability issue has become more important due to urban growth and an increase in vehicle usage in today's' cities. Increasing walkability in a city increases livability. The aim of this thesis is to assess the walkability quality of urban streets considering walkability principles. In this context, the thesis aims to investigate the principles that affect walkability in urban centers and considering walkability principles to examine the built environment characteristics and pedestrians' usage of a street through a case study. The thesis also attempts to offer recommendations for creating more walkable spaces. For these purposes, firstly, the definition and importance of the concept of walkability are examined. Secondly, walkability principles of the streets in urban centers are established. Thirdly, Mehmetçik Boulevard, which is located in one of the sub-centers of İzmir and used intensively during the day, is evaluated according to the walkability principles. In this study, the walkability quality of the boulevard is examined and assessed in the context of diversity, accessibility, safety, street quality, comfort and legibility principles. Finally, as a result of the literature study and the case study, recommendations are provided to increase walkability quality of Mehmetçik Boulevard, and as well as for urban streets of other cities.
  • Master Thesis
    Sustainability Measurement in Urban Planning Practice: Evaluating the Environment Plans of the Cities in Aegean Region
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Atay, İlgi; Kaya Erol, Nursen; Kaya Erol, Nursen
    Sustainable urban development is an important current issue in urban planning agenda. Sustainability issues are integrated into planning practices and regulations in many countries. The goal of sustainability in urban planning is obvious, but the degree of the success on this goal is not certain and varies due to local conditions and choices of the countries and the cities, and their approaches to planning problems.This thesis aims to measure the consideration of sustainable urban development in urban planning practice through analysis of urban plans. Four Environment Plans including all eight cities of the Aegean Region of Turkey are evaluated to see how much these plans consider sustainability issues. First, a list of sustainable urban development policies and urban planning actions for sustainability is proposed and then, the urban plans are evaluated in terms of these policies and actions. Written documents including plan reports and planning decisions are used to evaluate the plans in terms of their consideration of sustainable urban development with the plan content analysis method.At the end of this thesis, the level of integration of sustainability in plan making is analyzed and how well urban plans in the case areas actually promote sustainability principles is presented. It is found out that the evaluated plans in this thesis consider most of the sustainability policies, but they do not fully support them with planning actions.Key Words: Sustainable Urban Development, Sustainability Measurement, Plan Evaluation, Environment Plans, Aegean Region.
  • Master Thesis
    Analysis of Climate Sensitivity in Outdoor Space: Evaluating Urban Patterns in Different Climates
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Mengi, Onur; Kaya Erol, Nursen; Kaya Erol, Nursen
    Many urban design projects we produce today underestimate the design strategies as utilizing the same design criteria for every urban environment regardless their different localities. This problem leads to increasing demands for active heating, cooling and lighting systems, rising energy consumption, declining quality of urban living, environmental deterioration, and expensive and hardly maintained built-up areas.The intention of this study, on one hand, is to present a method of how to examine the climatic factors in an urban area, and on the other hand, is to reconsider urban patterns of Konak Square in Izmir and Kızılay Square in Ankara, from climate sensitive design view point. The overall aim here is to find to what extend designs of the built environment are sensitive to the climate. Specifically, the present study investigates if those urban patterns take the advantage of their particular climate while eliminating the inconveniences.In this framework, the case study was conducted in the summer period, comprising two steps; site surveying and climatic measurements. The findings were processed through the comparison of field measurements with the meteorological data, and the evaluation of the spatial structure in relation to the given comparisons. The study found that Konak Square is more sensitive to the climate comparing to Kızılay Square. The results show that urban pattern of Konak Square takes the advantage of the existing wind conditions, accelerating it throughout the site and decreases air temperature in many locations through its design.