DEVELOPING URBAN DESIGN INPUTS TO ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE GREEN AREAS IN CITIES FROM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PERSPECTIVE: THE CASE OF ÇANKAYA DISTRICT IN ANKARA

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, City and Regional Planning, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2021

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: FETHİYE AYTAÇ

Asıl Danışman (Eş Danışmanlı Tezler İçin): Zübeyde Müge Akkar Ercan

Özet:

The quality of urban environments and the health of citizens have an essential connection with urban green areas through ecosystem services (ES). However, the rapid urbanization in cities has threatened ES provision and causes a series of social and environmental challenges. ES concept is a tool that represents a comprehensive understanding of these challenges and that promotes developing planning strategies towards more liveable, sustainable, and resilient cities. To that end, this thesis aims to investigate planning and design inputs for urban green areas to maximize the current capacity of needed ES to improve human health and wellbeing. It uses and examines the district of Çankaya in Ankara as the case study. A literature review on ES helped to define primary beneficiaries of related ES. This research examines existing urban green sites in the Çankaya district, their spatial distribution, and mapping their ES quality using geographical information systems software (ArcGIS). Spatial analysis results were handled with the analysis tool which was developed within the scope of the thesis. Based on the analysis tool results, this research proposes design inputs within the ES perspective to improve the functionality of selected urban parks in the Çankaya district of Ankara.