Banliyö yerleşimlerinin kentsel canlılığını yeniden düşünmek: Kayseri İldem örneği

Urban vitality is a concept that represents urban life and encompasses many urban concepts such as sustainability, healthy cities, and quality-built environment that can be associated with every urban parameter related to humans. Although urban vitality is associated with the city center and historical areas, studies related to recent suburban are encountered in the literature. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature by addressing the development of suburbs, which have undeniable importance for the life of cities, and associating them with urban vitality. In this thesis, four-building groups representing İldem, which are the dominant patterns in the İldem Suburb of Kayseri city, have been chosen as a case study. According to the suburban conditions, urban vitality conditions have been reconsidered. The new urban vitality conditions include the tools of the quality of the built environment practices and the human dimension, which is the focus of the concept of urban vitality. The urban vitality conditions created for İldem Suburb, these suburbs have been illustrated with maps and plans. Instead of expressing the urban vitality and the built environment with numerical data, have been aimed to describe the life and urban vitality in the suburbs by illustrated them. In this context, reconsidering the basic research problem examined through İldem Suburb. The concept of urban vitality should be addressed not only in city centers but also in suburbs, and urban spaces should support the quality-built environment and social interaction. Keywords: Urban Vitality, Suburban, Quality of Built Environment, Kayseri, İldem