Research Article

UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX URBAN SYSTEMS WITH FRACTALS: GERMİR

Volume: 31 Number: 43 December 22, 2017
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UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX URBAN SYSTEMS WITH FRACTALS: GERMİR

Abstract

Self-developed settlements in many ways are the greatest exemplars of complex systems. They build from the bottom up, they grow organically, and they look as through they are created by nature in terms of the way their networks deliver energy to their parts. In this process that can be defined as self-development, the relationships in the lower scale are realized strongly and they construct the unity of urban system through better progress.   Thus, according to changing conditions in time, by adapting the environment, space fractals appear along with a process of evolution.  Since responding problems by interacting with the system is more important than its geometry, it reveals complex geometries unexplainable through basic Euclid geometry. Therefore, despite having no simple order of geometry or relationship, their acceptance by the users by interacting with them enables it to contribute the richness of life. In order to comprehend the spatial features, level of complexity and the structure of this dynamic formation through time, it is possible to utilize fractal geometry which is a complex and computational approach. 

In this respect, fractal dimension computations performed specifically to Germir settlement revealed that urban spaces in different plans have high fractal levels supporting the fact that self-developing settlements are complex systems.  This shows that the texture evolving under effect of a variety of cultures and rich natural environment has a high level of complexity. 

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özlem Atak Doğan
ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Gülen Çağdaş
İSTANBUL TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 22, 2017

Submission Date

September 14, 2017

Acceptance Date

September 30, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 31 Number: 43

APA
Atak Doğan, Ö., & Çağdaş, G. (2017). Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 31(43), 25-44. https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW
AMA
1.Atak Doğan Ö, Çağdaş G. Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2017;31(43):25-44. https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW
Chicago
Atak Doğan, Özlem, and Gülen Çağdaş. 2017. “Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 31 (43): 25-44. https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW.
EndNote
Atak Doğan Ö, Çağdaş G (December 1, 2017) Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 31 43 25–44.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Atak Doğan and G. Çağdaş, “Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir”, Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 31, no. 43, pp. 25–44, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW
ISNAD
Atak Doğan, Özlem - Çağdaş, Gülen. “Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 31/43 (December 1, 2017): 25-44. https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW.
JAMA
1.Atak Doğan Ö, Çağdaş G. Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2017;31:25–44.
MLA
Atak Doğan, Özlem, and Gülen Çağdaş. “Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir”. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 31, no. 43, Dec. 2017, pp. 25-44, https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Atak Doğan, Gülen Çağdaş. Karmaşık Kentsel Oluşumları Anlamada Fraktaller: Germir. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;31(43):25-44. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA26LY28BW