Planli Alanlar İmar Yönetmeli̇ği̇, Kentleşme Ve Eri̇şi̇lebi̇li̇rli̇k

Abstract

With the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, it has been accepted that persons with disabilities have the right to participate in social life under equal conditions with other individuals, and it has been committed by the states parties to take the necessary measures to facilitate the full participation of persons with disabilities in social life. Accessibility is a precondition for access of disabled persons to social life, to employment, to education and to the remaining rights. Accessibility is also a human right. Today, 56% of the population lives urban areas in the world. Urban population ratio is much higher in developed countries. Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data shows that 92% of the population lives in urban areas in Turkey by 2019. In addition to the disabled population, aging trend of the population and having more than 90% of the population lives in urban areas makes accessible city issue more important in Turkey. The first of the main criteria to ensure the full participation of the disabled and elderly living in the city to social life is to provide an accessible built environment and an uninterrupted accessibility chain in cities. In this study, Planned Areas Zoning Regulation is evaluated from the perspective of accessibility. Although needs some improvements, the regulation published in 2017, is supporting accessibility strongly in built environment. The study also presents that accessibility in buildings and an uninterrupted accessibility chain in cities are essential in terms of sustainable social policies regarding disabled and elderly people.

Accessibility in disaster-resilient cities

“…If this cannot be achieved, ramps in front yards should be designed. In order to ensure that individuals with disabilities and the elderly can move comfortably on an equal basis with others, in the built environment, the physical space should be designed pursuant to the national accessibility legislation in the Zoning Regulation for Planned Areas (PAİY, 2017), the relevant standards, the international conventions, and the constitutional provisions (Karadağ, 2020). In addition to achieving a spatial planning that considers disasters, temporary shelters and assembly points should be designed to accommodate any unforeseeable risks (Erdin et al, 2016: Sarı et al 2018.…”