CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR RESEARCHES WITH AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH IN TERMS OF SUBJECTS AND TECHNIQUES

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 21 Sayı: 3, 805 - 831, 25.09.2019

Sema Mumcu , Tuğba Düzenli Emine Tarakci Eren

https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.428613

Cited By: 1

Öz

Ecological approach and ecological
psychology as a branch of environmental psychology which is gaining an
increasing importance in the field of environmental design till 1960’s, deal
human and environment as parts of a whole and accept their interrelatedness by
adopting ecology science and its basic principles. “Behavior Setting Theory”
and “Affordance Theory” are examples of ecological approach to
human-environment relationship. In this study environment and behavior studies
with an ecological approach conducted in Turkey and other parts of the world
were examined in terms of their research subjects and techniques. The results
showed that the research subjects dealt with in these studies have a rich
variety, and the techniques are also various and flexible. Also it was
determined that studies adopted ecological approach enables both gathering
numeric data and commenting on social and cultural dimensions at the same
time.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

Spatial Design, Human-Environment Relationship, Ecological Approaches, Behavior Setting Theory, Affordances Theory

EKOLOJİK YAKLAŞIMLI ÇEVRE-DAVRANIŞ ARAŞTIRMALARININ KONULAR VE TEKNİKLER AÇISINDAN İÇERİK ANALİZİ

Öz

Mekânsal
tasarım alanında 1960’lı yıllardan itibaren önem kazanmaya başlayan çevresel
psikolojinin bir dalı olan ekolojik psikoloji ya da yaklaşımlar ekoloji
biliminden ve temel ilkelerinden faydalanarak insan ve çevresi arasındaki koparılamaz
bağdan, her ikisini bir bütünün parçaları olarak ele almaktan bahseder.  Araştırmalarda giderek yaygınlaşan Davranış Konumu
Kuramı ve Olanaklılık Kuramı ekolojik yaklaşıma örnek verilebilir. Türkiye’de
ve dünyada yapılmış olan ekolojik yaklaşımlı çevre-davranış araştırmalarının hangi
konuları hangi tekniklerle ele aldığı bu çalışmada incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, bu
çalışmalarda ele alınan konuların çok çeşitli olduğunu ve kullanılan
tekniklerin de çeşitlilik ve esneklik sergilediğini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca ekolojik
yaklaşımların araştırmacılara hem sayısal veriler elde etme imkânı sağlarken
hem de toplumsal, sosyal, kültürel boyutlarda da yorum yapabilme imkânı
sağladığını ortaya koymuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mekânsal Tasarım, İnsan-Çevre İlişkisi, Ekolojik Yaklaşımlar, Davranış Konumu Kuramı, Olanaklılık Teorisi

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