A Study on the Determination of Pedestrians Comfort Level in Bartin Traditional Urban Pattern
Abstract
Rapid urbanization in today's cities has led urban spaces to enter a
process of rapid change, and brought along failure to protect the traditional
historical patterns, the loss of urban identity, the change of human scale, the
emergence of negative consequences in terms of access and circulation related
to pedestrian movement and the increase in the number of vehicles. At this point,
to make the streets more livable for pedestrians, it is important to give a
place to pedestrian zone studies that ease urban crossings and keep the
pedestrian comfort in the forefront rather than the applications that restricts
pedestrian movement and generates difficulties in the perception of historical
environment in human scale. In this context, because Kanlıırmak Street which is
extended along the Bartın River that have importance of Bartın’s historical
urban identity, Kemal Samancıoğlu Street ve Turna Street have traditional
street patterns which are connected to Kanlıırmak Street have been selected as
the research areas. Spatial analyses for the research areas were made.
According to the results, it is identified that both streets have lower
pedestrian comfort level (D). At the end, recommendations have been developed
in the direction of pedestrian priority design criterias.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 1, 2017
Submission Date
February 20, 2017
Acceptance Date
April 5, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 19 Number: 1