Papers by Meltem Erdem Kaya
Space and Polity
This paper aims to examine the distinct conditions and implications of a multi-level stakeholder ... more This paper aims to examine the distinct conditions and implications of a multi-level stakeholder analysis for the governance of urban-rural intersections through a case study in Istanbul, adopting an advanced stakeholder analysis from UN-Habitat. Based on a case study of the landscape identity of Istanbul's rural settlements, the study offers multi-level definitions of the 331 stakeholders detected, power-influence matrices, and strategies that may foster balanced multi-level urban-rural governance practices in a major metropolitan area. The findings highlight the multiplicity of levels, sectors, resources, and the actors’ differing capacities and interests to influence rural-urban governance decisions as well as their implementation.
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Space and Polity, 2023
This paper aims to examine the distinct conditions and implications of a multi-level stakeholder ... more This paper aims to examine the distinct conditions and implications of a multi-level stakeholder analysis for the governance of urban-rural intersections through a case study in Istanbul, adopting an advanced stakeholder analysis from UN-Habitat. Based on a case study of the landscape identity of Istanbul's rural settlements, the study offers multi-level definitions of the 331 stakeholders detected, power-influence matrices, and strategies that may foster balanced multi-level urban-rural governance practices in a major metropolitan area. The findings highlight the multiplicity of levels, sectors, resources, and the actors’ differing capacities and interests to influence rural-urban governance decisions as well as their implementation.
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Landscape Research
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A/Z : ITU journal of Faculty of Architecture
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Tez (Doktora) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2012Thesis (PhD) -- İstan... more Tez (Doktora) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2012Thesis (PhD) -- İstanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, 2012Kırsal yerleşimler ekonomik, demografik, sosyo-kültürel ve çevresel özellikler bakımından kentsel çevrelerden ayrılan bir yerleşme türüdür. Söz konusu yerleşimler içerisinde bulundukları doğal çevre, üretim teknikleri, geleneksel yapı ve sosyal yaşantının bir sonucu olarak gelişen peyzaj değerleri ile temsil edilen özgün kimliklere sahiptir. Yakın zamana kadar kentsel çevrelere karşın geri kalmış durumları ile gündeme gelen kırsal yerleşimler günümüzde barındırdıkları doğa potansiyeli ve otantik yaşantı örüntüleri ile gelişim odaklı yatırım stratejilerinin öncelikli mekanı haline gelmiştir. Kırsal yerleşimlere yönelik gelişen söz konusu ilgi, çoğu kez bu yerleşimlerin doğaları ile örtüşmeyen, mekansal hassasiyeti yansıtmayan, mevcut yerleşim dokusunu göz ardı eden müdahalelere sahne olmaktadır. Söz konusu müdahalelere ek ...
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Tez (Yüksek Lisans) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2005Thesis (M.Sc.) ... more Tez (Yüksek Lisans) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2005Thesis (M.Sc.) -- İstanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, 2005Bu çalışmada, günümüzde değişen kent koşulları içerisinde, fiziksel çevre üzerinde gözlenen kurgusal ve ekolojik boyutlu problemlere karşılık, kente yönelik geliştirilen iyileştirici bir müdahale olarak alternatif bir model önermektedir. Söz konusu model, kentsel bir bileşen olan peyzaj unsurlarının, fiziksel açıdan aynı düzlem üzerinde bulunan ve kenti oluşturan doluluklar (yapı ve yapı grupları) ve boşluklarla (dış mekanlar) etkileşim içerisinde bulunan ara bir katman olarak değerlendirmektedir. Bu kapsamda ele alınan çalışmada, fiziksel çevre bütünlüğü içerisinde, ara bir katman olan peyzaj unsurlarının doluluk ve boşluklarla olan karşılıklı etkileşimi sonucu tasarımda göz önünde bulundurulması gereken kriterleri sunmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında elde edilen kriterler, dayandığı temel fikirler bakımından olumlu b...
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A/Z : ITU journal of Faculty of Architecture, 2022
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Peyzaj Araştırmaları ve Uygulamaları Dergisi, Dec 31, 2020
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Landscapes around the world have changed dramatically during the last five decades. While new fun... more Landscapes around the world have changed dramatically during the last five decades. While new functions, new forms of land usage and increased infrastructure dominate and trigger this change, places with a rich history have become more fragile than ever before. Within contemporary urban life, historic landscapes and associated land usage gain priority by their power to define and contribute to the sustainability of green infrastructure. This research analyzes the green heritage of Istanbul to gain a better understanding of its potential to contribute to the development of the European side of Istanbul. Accordingly, three relevant typologies: historical parks and gardens, groves and cemeteries are analyzed to reveal the different themes and contexts they represent. The research results show that historical landscapes can be managed through a systematic approach that underlies the integration of those landscapes into the surrounding environment by evaluating those places as a part of ...
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Atil mekanlar, hizli buyuyup gelisen kentlerde yaygin bir durumdur. Bu mekanlar kent icinde genel... more Atil mekanlar, hizli buyuyup gelisen kentlerde yaygin bir durumdur. Bu mekanlar kent icinde genellikle bos, terkedilmis ve tehlikeli oldugundan olumsuz bir algi yaratmasina ragmen, atil mekanlar icerisinde bulundugu cevresel icerik ve bir takim fiziksel ozellikleri dikkate alinarak islevsel yuzeyler olarak degerlendirildiginde, yesil altyapi sisteminin alt parcalari haline gelmektedir. Boylece kent icinde sikisip kalmis atil mekanlar kentin nefes alan, yasayan bosluklarina donusmektedir. Bu calismanin amaci, ilce duzeyinde kent merkezinde yer alan atil mekanlarin degerlendirilerek yesil altyapi yaklasimiyla kent sistemine dahil olmalari icin oneriler gelistirmek ve tasarim firsatlari saglamaktir. Istanbul’un tarihi ve dogal guzelliklere sahip olan ve kentlesmenin yogun olarak goruldugu Besiktas ilcesinin merkezindeki atil alanlar, yerinde gozlem ile tespit edilerek haritalanmis, fotograflanmis ve ortaya konulan parametreler dogrultusunda tipolojik olarak siniflara ayrilmistir. Veriy...
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Ecology, as a field of science, has become one of the integral part of the planning and design di... more Ecology, as a field of science, has become one of the integral part of the planning and design disciplines since mid twenties. Growing awareness of local and global environmental decline gave rise to the appreciation of ecology and its implementation in design and planning works. Different channels have been investigating to understand and discover the interface between ecology and design and to find plausible ways to solve environmental defects. Within interdisciplinary design medium, landscape architecture appears to be the most active agent to engage with environment from different pathways. Today, the modes of this engagement is redefined with respect to the changing nature of contemporary city and new demands which further lead a shift in landscape design theory and praxis. This shift underlies an ecological understanding in which ecology is revaluated by designer’s creative mind sets via investigating, managing and manipulating the ecological knowledge to respond current envir...
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Yapilasmis doku icerisinde bulunan kentsel acik alanlar, yesil altyapi hiyerarsik sisteminin en a... more Yapilasmis doku icerisinde bulunan kentsel acik alanlar, yesil altyapi hiyerarsik sisteminin en alt birimlerini olusturmaktadir. Bu mekanlara yonelik yerel verilere dayanmayan tasarim kararlari, acik alanlarin sunmasi gereken potansiyellerini tam olarak ortaya koyamamasina neden olmaktadir. Halbuki soz konusu kentsel mekanlarin bir arada dogru ve akilci tasarim yaklasimlari ile ele alindiginda yesil altyapi sisteminin gelistirilmesine yonelik buyuk etkileri oldugu bilinmektedir. Cagdas tasarim pratigi icerisinde yesil altyapi gibi ekolojik tasarim yaklasimlarina paralel olarak gelisen bir baska calisma konusu da hesaplamali tasarimdir. Ozellikle, teknolojik gelismelerin getirdigi parametrelere dayali yeni tasarim metodolojileri, ekolojik anlamda daha rasyonel ve kullanisli alanlar olusturmamizi saglar. Buradan hareketle arastirma, kentsel acik alanlarin yesil altyapi ile olan bagini peyzajin parametrizasyonu temelinde ele almaktadir. Kentsel peyzaj bilesenlerinin parametrize edilere...
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Rural landscapes have been changed significantly in recent years. Today, the process of this chan... more Rural landscapes have been changed significantly in recent years. Today, the process of this change becomes more visible than ever before with the increased effects on rural localities. Land transformation, changing agricultural practices, technological innovations, growing urban influence and changing global market are considered to be the main drivers of this change. These changes have been linked to environmental degradation and altered rural landscape character. Thus preserving rural characteristics and localities became an important topic at the governmental level as a part of rural development agenda. There have been several studies concentrating on local characteristics of rural areas. As a part of this mainstream, identity based concepts have been investigated for the last few years to find plausible ways of approaching rural problems. This paper offers an approach to understand spatial characteristics of landscape identity of rural settlements. With this respect, this paper...
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Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2019
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This paper aims to explore the algorithmic design thinking for the landscape through a generative... more This paper aims to explore the algorithmic design thinking for the landscape through a generative modeling approach to urban open space. Focusing on dynamic interactions between spatial dispersion of hard-soft surfaces, shadow elements like tree locations and their impacts such as microclimatic condition changes with human behaviors, were the primary inputs of the process. Using a case study from Turkey/Istanbul-Kadıköy, the reciprocal relations between social (human movement), physical (hard-soft structures) and ecological (surface radiation and microclimate analysis) parameters were studied, and how these relations formed the design was shown. The modeling process was defined in 4 algorithmically associated stages: firstly, field observations were conducted to collect data on vegetation and user behaviors, for site digitalization. After that, algorithmic parameters were defined in the second phase; and design constraints, as the first initiator of the interactive process, were ide...
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Landscape Journal Design Planning and Management of the Land, 2013
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