Transformation of Public Spaces in Istanbul

Arslanlı, Kerem Yavuz; Ünlükara, Tuba; Dökmecí, Vedia

doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.571434

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“…Istanbul, which is Turkey's socio-economic and cultural centre, has a number of public spaces having the cultural and historical value despite the rapid growth. There have been some studies evaluating and discussing the formation (Karakuyu 2010;Sadri 2017), transformation (Arslanli et al 2011; Çelebi Gürkan and Özaslan 2019) and spatial quality of public spaces (Saylan and Erdönmez-Dinçer 2017) within the different parts of the city. However, there is a lack of field studies on the usage and perception of public space in Istanbul except for a prominent study (Özgür et al 2017), which compares two contrasting districts: Ataşehir and Kadiköy.…”

Section: Rethinking 'The End Of Public Space' After the Outbreakmentioning

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Changing perceptions and usage of public and pseudo-public spaces in the post-pandemic city: the case of Istanbul

2021

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Public space has critical importance for the city and society because it forms a sense of community. The debate on the end of public space, which is ongoing as the privatization in the city rises, moves on to a new phase with the Covid-19 outbreak. Since the perception of public spaces will be a determinant factor in the future of the city, the question arises: How the perception and usage of the public, virtual public and pseudo-public spaces (particularly shopping malls) have been affected by the recent Covid-19 pandemic? The aim of this study is to examine the changing perception and usage of public and pseudopublic spaces during the Covid-19 outbreak in Istanbul, Turkey. Within this scope, an online survey was conducted with 337 participants living in Istanbul between the dates of 1-5 June 2020. With this survey, the change in perceptions and usage of these spaces based on personal, residential and district characteristics were investigated. The findings of the study revealed statistically significant differences between the perceptions and usage of public spaces and pseudo-public spaces before and after the Covid-19 outbreak in terms of personal, residential and district characteristics. According to survey results, there would be a significant decrease in the frequency of possible visits to public places. The outbreak reduces interest in virtual spaces as a leisure activity, but it also increases the interest in virtual spaces as a shopping and meeting/chat platform. In addition, it was determined that the demand for shopping centres and virtual platforms as both before-after-the-outbreak leisure activities decreased significantly as the amount of green space per capita increases. Besides, the diminishing reputations of pseudo-public spaces and the increasing importance of virtual public spaces may be observed from the survey results. The longer the outbreak, the greater its impact on the design and planning of public spaces and pseudo-public spaces. Rather than planning huge and crowded spaces such as big squares and huge malls, there is likely a shift toward planning a large number of small-scale public spaces within walking distance.

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Section: Rethinking 'The End Of Public Space' After the Outbreakmentioning

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Changing perceptions and usage of public and pseudo-public spaces in the post-pandemic city: the case of Istanbul

2021

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“…This is a common use areas designated for public needs, they are formed by streets, roads, trails, corridors of engineering communications, recreational areas, sports fields and other spaces (Jankauskaite et al, 2014; Dringelis, 2011), as well as sidewalks, public buildings and other types of gathering places -where converge the city's, cultural and social events, it is -a living environment (Jakovlevas -Mateckis, 2012), "living rooms", where citizens can socialize (Arslanli et al, 2011), interact with each other, watch and be visible (Walljasper, 2012;Brunnberg and Frigo, 2012), to share different perspectives, stories, information (Lavrinec, 2013;Mehta, 2014) and has an important role in describing the community identity. We can say that the public space is a mirror of community values, traditions and culture (Sepe, 2013;Kratochvíl, 2013; Urbonaite, 2013), which, as a reflection of the interfaces between the physical, social, political and economic indicators.…”

Section: Urban Public Spaces -City Center -The Importance and Featurementioning

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Factors Influencing Cities Pedestrian Street Functionality and Sustainable Land Use

Maliene

Diciunaite-Rauktiene

2015

Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference Rural Development 2015

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The public space encourages social exchange, develops and maintains social groups and allows the exchange of public messages. When the public space and public life are not supported in the community, there is no one to communicate with, people become isolated, less inclined to help or support each other. Public space is the scene of public life that promotes a sense of community, sense of place, human connection and communication as well as dependence sensation. High-quality and well-managed public space is a benefit to the city's economy, creating shelter from the car-centred life and move to a more natural environment as well as significant urban land use. Therefore, in recent times, in order to establish the right conditions in cities for different human needs, great attention is paid not only to the development of physical infrastructure, but also to other aspects that will help to create sustainable balance of social, economic and environmental aspects. One of the quality of life in the city return ways is the release of urban spaces for pedestrians. Until these days the pedestrian zones are extended little by little, resulting in disposal of the car parking-lots and improved cycling and other transport facilities. Sustainable use of urban pedestrian zones would provide economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits only if these aspects are combined with each other. The aim of the article is to distinguish and critically analyse (on the basis of a literature review) factors influencing the functionality and sustainable development of pedestrian streets. Article object -cities pedestrian street. The study was conducted using scientific publishing content analysis and synthesis techniques. This article is an overview.

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