Residential Relocation and Children’s Satisfaction With Mass Housing

Children’s place experiences in high-rise mass housing in Ankara

“…When compared to results from studies of children’s place experiences in lower-rise settlements that used the same data collection method, participatory photography (e.g., Sancar and Severcan, 2010), this study found that more children in the chosen estates indicated their satisfaction with and use of home. Malfunctioning elevators, low neighborhood safety, residents’ indifference to protecting the environment, poorly vegetated lawns and the lack of diverse and well-maintained public spaces in the home range were some of the most mentioned factors that seem to limit or hinder children’s engagement with the public realm, which supports the results of earlier studies on the outcomes of living in high-rise estates (Carroll et al, 2011; Churchman and Ginsberg, 1984; Severcan, 2019). In contrast to what previous studies have shown (Dodman, 2003; Valentine, 1997; Valentine and McKendrck, 1997), the distribution of children’s house pictures across gender and place of residence shows that regardless of their neighborhood location, inner- or outer-city, boys tend to like their home more than girls.…”

“…One limitation of this study is that, overall, children’s written explanations provided little or no information about, for example, why boys tend to like their homes more than girls or whether it is the preference of girls or their parents who accompany them that is driving the girls to use particular places in and around their estates. While the results from the other activities of the larger-scale project (like group interviews and surveys) contribute to our understanding about, for example, how the safety issues in the inner- and outer-city estates play a key role in affecting both boys’ and girls’ engagement with the public realm (see Severcan, 2019), they do not suggest any evidence of the significance of screen-based media on boys’ place experiences or the role, if any, of parents’ place preferences on girls’ use of neighborhood places. Future research should investigate in more detail why boys and girls prefer using particular places in their neighborhood and what determines their place experiences.…”

Insatisfacción residencial post-relocalización de asentamientos informales en viviendas sociales: una revisión sistemática de la literatura

“…En el caso de los niños, el nivel de insatisfacción es mayor entre aquellos relocalizados en periferias urbanas que entre los reasentados en zonas céntricas. Además, son razones sustanciales de insatisfacción la pérdida de calles con poco tráfico, establecimientos comerciales tradicionales, parques y áreas de juego (Sarrafi y Moahmmadi, 2018;Severcan, 2019). Para los infantes, a escala de la vivienda los aspectos preponderantes son el tamaño, los acabados y la calidad de las visuales (Severcan, 2020).…”

“…Estudios en Chile y Brasil, encontraron mayor insatisfacción respecto del área y la espacialidad en las viviendas multifamiliares que en las unifamiliares, dado que las segundas han sido ampliadas o remodeladas con mayor frecuencia (Hidalgo et al, 2017) o debido al parecer a que se asemejan más a las viviendas de origen en cuanto a su funcionalidad (Cavalheiro y Abiko, 2015). En concordancia con esto, en Turquía la mayoría de los relocalizados señaló que una casa ideal debe tener una sola planta y un jardín (Bodur y Dülgeroğlu, 2017;Severcan, 2019).También en Sri Lanka y Sudáfrica para los reasentados la casa ideal debe estar físicamente separada de otras, preferencia relacionada especialmente con en el deseo de privacidad (Herath et al, 2017) y de expansión futura del área habitable (Jay y Bowen, 2011). Por su parte, en viviendas multifamiliares se ha encontrado insatisfacción ante la imposibilidad de crecimiento progresivo, como sucedía en el asentamiento informal (Herran, 2020).…”

Kentsel Çevrelerde Çocuklar: İzmir-Türkiye’deki Yüksek Yoğunluklu Bir Mahallede Alan Çalışması

“…Accordingly, this study puts emphasis on the value of research on children's perceptions of, and their needs in urban spaces, an area that is comparatively understudied. Following a similar line of research, Severcan (2019) conducted a study in Istanbul and found that children in relatively more developed neighbourhoods are more likely to spend time in highly regulated and controlled environments. Severcan's research can be considered as an alert, especially within the context of Turkey, to revisit the strategies to create more opportunities for children in using the urban environments.…”