An analysis of the concept of place attachment pursuant to social and spatial factors: The case of Kuzguncuk Neighbourhood

This thesis aims to study the concept of place attachment by analysing the social and spatial factors to understand how and by which reasons this attachment develops. Within the concept of this aim, a study was conducted on the social bonds and the neighbourhood relations behind these reasons to attach to the place of people as well as significance of the spatial factors (existence os historical texture, scenery, scale, openness/closeness, existence of the Bostan etc.) in the area relative to each other in Kuzguncuk Neighbourhood which was chosen as the study area. Within this context, this study of thesis is built on the "research of social and physical aspects of place attachment". The theories and hypotheses directed at the subject were tested with observations, evaluations, surveys and interviews conducted on site. Also, the outcomes obtained from the studies conducted by various theorists on creating correctly/well designed places were evaluated and inferences were made aiming at "in the light of which physical/spatial factors the place attachment could be examined". Aimed within this postgraduate thesis is the examination of the influences of social and physical factors in Kuzguncuk neighbourhood on the individuals who love and prefer to live here with surveys and interviews and the determination of the outcomes of attachment to the place in Kuzguncuk neighbourhood.