Engelli kent parkı kullanıcılarının fiziksel ve sosyal sorunları: Kastamonu kenti örneği

Year 2019, Volume: 69 Issue: 1, 35 - 43, 01.01.2019

Nur Belkayalı , Yavuz Güloğlu

Abstract

DOI: 10.26650/forestist.2019.414498

Dünyada
bir milyardan fazla insan herhangi bir tür engellilik yaşamakta, bu durum ise
yaşam kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Engel durumuna bağlı olarak
kişiler fiziksel ya da sosyal dezavantajlar yaşamaktadır. Bu durum çoğunlukla
uygulanan politikaların engelli insanların ihtiyaçlarını göz önünde
bulundurmamasından, standartların yerine getirilmemesinden ve insanların
önyargılarından kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada engelli kişilerin fiziksel ve
sosyal çevrede yaşadıkları dezavantajlar açık ve yeşil alanlar özelinde
irdelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bunun için Türkiye’de Kastamonu ilinde bulunan ve en
fazla kullanılan parklar çalışma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında
124 engelli ve engelli yakınına, 382 adet şu anda engeli bulunmayan bireye
anket uygulaması yapılmıştır. Anket verilerinin değerlendirilmesi için
multivariate linear regression gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma sonuçları engelli
bireylerin parkları kullanımında fiziksel ve sosyal engellerle karşılaştığını
gösterirken, şu an engelsiz olan bireylerinde kent parklarını kullanımında
engelli bireylerle aynı sorunlardan şikayetçi olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca
yapılan çalışma kamu tüzel kişiliklerinin engellilere yönelik yaptığı
çalışmaların yeterli olmadığını gösterirken, bilgilendirme ve bilinçlendirme
konusunda da eksiklikler olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

Engelli, fiziksel çevre, kent parkı, kullanım olanakları, sosyal çevre

Physical and social barriers for disabled urban park users: case study from Kastamonu, Turkey

Abstract

DOI: 10.26650/forestist.2019.414498

More than a billion people in the world
suffer from some kind of disability, which can affect quality of life. Some
people experience physical or social disadvantages depending on the nature of
their disabilities. The social disadvantages stem from civic policies that do
not take into consideration the needs of disabled people, standards that are
not fulfilled and people’s prejudices. In this study, barriers that disabled
people experience in physical and social environments are examined in terms of
open areas and greenspaces. To this end, popular parks in Kastamonu from Turkey
were chosen as the study area. In the scope of the study, a questionnaire was
given to 124 disabled persons and the relatives of disabled persons and 382
individuals who currently do not have any disabilities. Multivariate linear
regression was used in order to evaluate the questionnaire data. The study
results indicate that disabled individuals encounter physical and social
barriers, and they also confirm that non-disabled people often complain about
the same problems as disabled people with regard to the management and running
of public parks. Moreover, the study reveals that the actions of public law
corporations toward disabled people are not sufficient and public information
and awareness-raising activities also fall short.

Keywords

disabled, urban park, physical environment, social environment, Barrier, urban park

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