Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference: In Search of Well-Being in Liminality: No Longer-Not Yet, İstanbul, Türkiye, 5 - 08 Nisan 2022, ss.60
Abstract
The balance of pedestrian movements and motor vehicle use is characteristic of the preindustrial period. With the industry, the number of people moving away from rural life
and adapting to urban life has increased. Automobile-based urban planning and
transportation problems due to unplanned urbanization cause problems that negatively
affect human health. In 1960, the reduction of automobile use was encouraged which
historically, economically, and politically, it was seen that a street or entire neighborhood
is being left to use pedestrians permanently or temporarily. Since the end of the 20th
century to the present, human-centered public space and pedestrian activities are
increasing, which increases human physical movement and allows healthy access within
the city. The pedestrianized areas are places where the city and visitors interact with
each other and provide social opportunities and contributions, and stimulating urban life.
This study aims to analyze pedestrian behavior patterns that were realized for the
pedestrianized streets of Besiktas Köyici. The conceptual model was discussed over “the
optics, place, and content” parameters put forward by Gordon Cullen. A mixed-method
has been performed to make this model functional. Firstly, pedestrian counting and
behavioral mapping methods were used. The weekday and weekend were selected one
day for field review that 09:00, 13:00, 18:00 hours were selected to identify different
usage models and calculate the spatial distribution of pedestrians. Secondly, a survey
questioning the semantic equivalents of the Cullen concepts was applied to the
architects who are users of the field. The comparison of the findings obtained is aimed
at reading the field not only on the physical structure but also on pedestrian behavior,
movement, and content. As a result of the study, urban design, which carefully considers
the relationship between the behavioral patterns and spatial characteristics of the area,
is discussed and suggestions are presented.
Keywords: pedestrian behavior patterns, pedestrianization, behavioral mapping, Gordon
Cullen, Besiktas Koyiçi