Sketch: Journal of City and Regional Planning

Yazarlar: Semahat Ceren Say, Esin Çevik

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DOI:10.5505/sjcrp.2019.98608

Anahtar Kelimeler:Green space,Accessibility,Network analysis,GIS,Istanbul

Özet: Urban green areas are the physical features that provide important contributions to the city. The amount of green spaces and accessibility to green spaces are crucial for obtaining benefits from green spaces. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare the green space accessibility in the adjacent districts’ Beşiktaş and Şişli in Istanbul; both are located in the central business district (CBD) with different density characteristics. The paper starts with understanding the importance of green spaces and the standards that are used to determine the accessibility and sufficiency of green spaces. After that, sufficiency of green spaces according to Turkish legal standards was explored through calculating the area of green spaces per person at the neighborhood level in these two districts. Then, the accessibility of green space in Beşiktaş and Şişli was analyzed through mapping the service area of green spaces based on the walking distances that determined by the worldwide standards with network analysis. Geographical information system (GIS) is used to apply a network analysis of green space access. Finally, these two districts were compared and evaluated with each other due to the accessibility results and the green space sufficiency.

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