Pedestrians’ Perception of Sub-Spaces Along Urban Roads as Public Spaces –Case of Eski̇şehi̇r Road in Ankara

Green Infrastructure and Urban-Renewal Simulation for Street Tree Design Decision-Making: Moderating Demands of Stormwater Management, Sunlight and Visual Aesthetics

“…Street trees can provide a 'sense of safety and place', 'create a sense of streetscape enclosure', 'define the street as an outdoor room', 'distinguish a boundary between different street uses' and support a 'sense of civic identity' [68,77,78]. Street tree planting has traditionally been driven by visual and symbolic principles, arranged in evenly spaced symmetrical rows of homogenous species, reflecting the influence of the Beaux-Arts French Formal compositional ideas on urban design during the expansion of the British Colonial Empire [57,[79][80][81]. This compositional importance of street trees for landscape architects, urban designers and the community has persisted to this day with 'street attractiveness' proven to be a significant factor in choosing active travel (walking and cycling) [20,22,23,25,26].…”

The future urban road: A systematic literature review-enhanced Q-method study with experts

“…In this context, two significant human activities associated with urban roads are in structured, namely: Vitality and Diversity. On the one hand, the concept of vitality refers "generally to the extent to which a place feels alive or lively and can be gauged by measuring pedestrian flows and movements" (Aral & Demirbaş, 2015). On the other hand, the notion of diversity relates to the variety of different activities happening in urban streets.…”

“…According to Aral and Demirbas (2015), "the public character of space emerges according to particular conditions like diversification and exchange". Specifically, it is found to evolve through the capability of spaces to bring together people from various social groups who can freely express themselves (Aral & Demirbaş, 2015;Karndacharuk et al, 2014). Herewith, spaces of vehicular and pedestrian flow could be portrayed as the most important public spaces of a city, in other words, they are its "most vital organs (Aral & Demirbaş, 2015;Vitale Brovarone et al, 2021).…”

“…Specifically, it is found to evolve through the capability of spaces to bring together people from various social groups who can freely express themselves (Aral & Demirbaş, 2015;Karndacharuk et al, 2014). Herewith, spaces of vehicular and pedestrian flow could be portrayed as the most important public spaces of a city, in other words, they are its "most vital organs (Aral & Demirbaş, 2015;Vitale Brovarone et al, 2021). In general, urban roads can be considered as the means to observe and understand the city (Tsigdinos & Vlastos, 2020).…”

The Effect of Historical City Structure on the Formation of Urban Character: The Case of Silifke

“…Özellikle 1950'lerden sonra kentsel formu ve şehirlerdeki mekanların kamusal niteliklerini etkileyen artan motorlu ulaşım araçlarının getirdiği yerleşim düzeni yeni kentsel mekân tiplerine yol açmıştır (Alanyalı ve Demirbaş, 2015). Ayrıca yaya akışı, davranış kalıpları, gürültü, koku ve araç trafiği gibi aktiviteler kentin oluşumunda ana aktörler olarak rol oynamaktadır (Montgomery, 1998).…”