A HOLISTIC RESEARCH APPROACH TO MEASURING URBAN IDENTITY: FINDINGS FROM GIRNE (KYRENIA) AREA STUDY

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dc.contributor.authorOktay, Derya
dc.contributor.authorBala, Havva Alkan
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T19:00:24Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T19:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAs cities are losing place identity under the influence of industrialization, technological advancements and globalisation, a key task for mainstream politicians, urban planners/designers and residents is to understand what makes a city unique and recognizable. As urban identity is formed not only through identifiable and memorable formal attributes, but through the meaning attached by the users of the city, there is a need for a holistic approach integrating objective measures achieved through pre-analysis of the urban environment, and subjective measures achieved through user surveys. This study, based on such a holistic research framework, aims to measure the urban identity in Girne (Kyrenia), using survey data with a sampling of 250 participants, following a pre-analysis of the town. The results of the analysis indicated that although historic landmarks are so powerful in constructing the urban identity, traditional urban pattern and social life have not been found significant in constructing the images of the city unless they are frequented by local residents. On the other hand, the new housing developments lacking locally appropriate architectural and contextual qualities do not influence the urban image at all. Further, as the findings revealed that the perception of urban identity changes in time, there appears an opportunity to regain and/or enhance identity through various strategies. These include urban design strategies that depend so much on the specific context of a particular area, including all environmental dimensions defined in the paper.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage215en_US
dc.identifier.issn1938-7806en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid#YOKen_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage201en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/31762
dc.identifier.volume9en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000214976700014en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherARCHNET-IJARen_US
dc.relation.ispartofARCHNET-IJAR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCHen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectUrban identityen_US
dc.subjectholistic approachen_US
dc.subjectlocal urban contexten_US
dc.subjectcharacteren_US
dc.subjectchangeen_US
dc.subjectuser surveyen_US
dc.titleA HOLISTIC RESEARCH APPROACH TO MEASURING URBAN IDENTITY: FINDINGS FROM GIRNE (KYRENIA) AREA STUDYen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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