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Urban regeneration practices in developing countries: The case of Libreville, Gabon
Since the 1990s, urban regeneration projects have become important intervention mechanisms in the European and American cities to deal with decaying urban areas with physical and social problems and disinvestment. In the past three decades, the consequences of these urban regeneration projects have been closely studied and their limitations have been made public through the publications of the academics all over the world. Their studies revealed that to create successful urban regeneration projects, rather than top-down implementations, more inclusive and participatory schemes should be implemented. It is also acknowledged as an important fact that tourism-led urban regeneration projects should incorporate the themes of the authenticity and local culture by including the local community and their actors. Otherwise, such projects do not produce the intended results, as it is proven by the large volume of academic research produced by studying the European and American case studies. While most of the documented research has focused on the developed countries' experiences, there is relatively few studies looking at the case studies in the developing countries of the African continent. In the case of Libreville, urban regeneration incorporating urban tourism and authenticity seems to be one of the solutions to both manage finances and structurally improve urban spaces and urban structures. Although these practices are not new in the world, urban regeneration practices have quite a history in developed countries. These countries are the first to do this, and the lessons they have learned from their experience can be used in different cases of urban regeneration in Africa. The objective of this thesis is to search if an authentic and environmentally responsive urban regeneration project is being implemented to solve urban problems in Libreville. This cannot be anything other than urban regeneration through the participation of the local community. To this end, a series of studies have been carried out to study urban regeneration in Libreville. A case of urban regeneration projects has been analyzed by the local population as an example, to be able to obtain their point of view on the subject. As a result, quantitative data were collected and analyzed for better decryption.
Güncel cadde tasarımı yaklaşımlarının incelenmesi: Tekirdağ Çandarlızade İbrahim Paşa caddesi tasarım önerisi
Caddeler bir sosyal, ekonomik ve fiziksel faaliyetler ağıdır. Başarılı şehir caddeleri, sadece insanları ve malları bir yerden bir yere taşımanın yanı sıra çeşitli işlevler de sağlamaktadır. Hem sosyo-kültürel hem de ticari açıdan çok farklı işlevlere sahip olan caddeler, aynı zamanda rekreasyonel işlevleriyle de öne çıkmaktadır. Bahsedilen çok sayıda işlevi yerine getirebilecekleri için bu işlevlere bir cevap olarak farklı cadde tasarım stratejilerinden bahsedilmektedir. Bunlar sadece trafik altyapıları değil, aynı zamanda canlı ve kapsayıcı kamusal alanlar, ekonomik kalkınmanın taşıyıcıları, ekosistem hizmetlerini destekleyen ekolojik koridorlar ve sokak ve trafik aydınlatması, elektrik gücü, sinyalizasyon vb. dahil olmak üzere teknik altyapı hatlarıdır. Bütünsel Caddeler, Yeşil Caddeler ve Sağlıklı Caddeler her birinin kendi odak noktası ve tanımı olan sokak ortamlarının planlanması ve tasarımıyla ilgili sorunları ele almak için geliştirilmiş konsept fikirler ve girişimlerdir. Bu tez mevcut cadde tasarım yaklaşımlarını ve ilkelerini tanıtmakta ve bu yaklaşımların nüfusun giderek arttığı yeni bir mahallede bulunan Çandarlızade İbrahim Paşa Caddesi'ne entegre edilmesini önermektedir. Ayrıca Tekirdağ Caddeleri'nin öneri tasarımında kullanıcı tercihleri de değerlendirilmektedir. Tekirdağ'ın geçmişten günümüze geçirdiği değişim birçok yeniliğin oluşmasına neden olmuştur. Buna rağmen birçok bölgede hem yaya hem de araç konusunda yetersizliklerin devam ettiği söylenebilir. Bu yeterliliklerin ya da yetersizliklerin sakinlerin algısı açısından nicel verilerle değerlendirilmesi amacıyla 352 kişilik bir katılımcı grubuna çeşitli tasarım ve peyzaj öğelerine yönelik sorular yöneltilmiştir. Elde edilen cevaplar SPSS analiz programında değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında elde edilen verilerin grafikleri değerlendirilmiş ve bu veriler için tasarım alternatifleri sunulmuştur.
Kıyı alanlarının yaya odaklı kullanımının değerlendirilmesi: Istanbul Anadolu yakası örneği
Public spaces; It is defined as places open to the use of everyone, where people perform their daily activities, socialize by communicating with other people and express their own ideas freely. Public open / green spaces in public spaces are important areas where people can meet their physical and social needs and meet their shopping and recreation needs, as well as they are areas that bring color to urban life that enable people to interact with each other. Coastal areas, one of the public open / green space definitions, have been determined as the subject of the thesis. The coastal areas that will be discussed in this study are of great importance for the city and urban society. If the space is open, accessible and usable for everyone, it is called a public open space, regardless of all activities (discussion, socializing, living spaces, etc.). For this reason, coastal areas are also as other public open spaces (streets, streets, squares, parks, etc.) are among the public open spaces that are open to everyone, where pedestrian-oriented use is weighted, where common activities are held , and where maintenance is carried out by the public. Since they are public open spaces, coastal areas are also common areas where everyone comes together, communicates, interacts and shares. The study area consists of neighborhoods in the coastal area of Caddebostan - Bostancı of Kartal, Maltepe and Kadıköy districts on the Anatolian Side of Istanbul. The reason for choosing this area is that the coastal area is an uninterrupted coastline from Caddebostan to Kartal, Istanbul Marina. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate and develop the pedestrian-oriented use of the region determined by a detailed research and to offer solutions. In this context, the content of the study consists of four parts. In the first stage; The literature review, the purpose of the study and the hypothesis are mentioned. In the second part of the study; The theoretical foundations of the thesis are discussed. In the third part of the study, a detailed examination and literature review of the Anatolian Side: Caddebostan - Kartal coastline, which is the study area, has been made. In order to evaluate the current situation of the area, online and face-to-face surveys were conducted in the region and a digital database was created. In the final part of the study, recommendations were developed for the regulation and development of the beach band for pedestrian-oriented use, which were determined based on all the data obtained at the end of the reviews carried out in the previous stages. In this study, it is aimed to raise awareness to pass it on to future generations by ensuring that the use of pedestrian focus in the region is evaluated and increased and create a guiding resource for local governments.