Research Article

Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara

Volume: 13 Number: 3 September 30, 2025
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Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara

Abstract

The aim of this study is to measure satisfaction with the urban regeneration project in the Altınoğuz (Yatıkmusluk) neighborhood, Mamak, Ankara, with respect to decreasing socio-spatial segregation and to ascertain whether it was successful or not in enhancing the living conditions and fostering social cohesion of residents. The data were acquired from the questionnaire applied to a total of 161 neighbors. Results have shown that 59.6% of the residents are satisfied with the urban regeneration project. In addition, there was a high rate of satisfaction relating to educational services at 71.4%, healthcare services at 62.1%, children's playgrounds at 55.9%, and social facilities at 46%. However, limitations include a shortage in parking spaces and small-sized residential units. In addition, while satisfaction increased with age and education, no substantial association existed between residents' satisfaction and their employment or income. This can be considered evidence that cultural and social issues outweigh the economic issues regarding the resident's satisfaction in this poor neighborhood, while some still prefer the house they lived in earlier in other settlements as that gives them more social contacts and a life of their ancestors. The study concludes that urban regeneration projects would have more significant success if residents' socio-cultural dimensions received more attention and strategies were developed to better adapt them to apartment living.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

City and Regional Planning

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2025

Submission Date

December 22, 2024

Acceptance Date

September 28, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 13 Number: 3

APA
Haghrahmani, S., & Ercoskun, O. (2025). Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, 13(3), 513-526. https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB
AMA
1.Haghrahmani S, Ercoskun O. Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara. GUJSPB. 2025;13(3):513-526. https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB
Chicago
Haghrahmani, Seyedhadi, and Ozge Ercoskun. 2025. “Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 13 (3): 513-26. https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB.
EndNote
Haghrahmani S, Ercoskun O (September 1, 2025) Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 13 3 513–526.
IEEE
[1]S. Haghrahmani and O. Ercoskun, “Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara”, GUJSPB, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 513–526, Sept. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB
ISNAD
Haghrahmani, Seyedhadi - Ercoskun, Ozge. “Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning 13/3 (September 1, 2025): 513-526. https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB.
JAMA
1.Haghrahmani S, Ercoskun O. Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara. GUJSPB. 2025;13:513–526.
MLA
Haghrahmani, Seyedhadi, and Ozge Ercoskun. “Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara”. Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, vol. 13, no. 3, Sept. 2025, pp. 513-26, https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB.
Vancouver
1.Seyedhadi Haghrahmani, Ozge Ercoskun. Satisfaction and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Urban Transformation: The Case of Mamak-Ankara. GUJSPB [Internet]. 2025 Sep. 1;13(3):513-26. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA88KW62GB