Evolving as a case study in Izmir (Turkey), the Project evaluates who (doesn’t/cannot) have access to and use neighborhood parks, why and under what conditions, by investigating objective and perceived characteristics of built and social environment at the urban, neighborhood and park scales.  It examines the reasons and conditions of especially children, women, elderly and low-income groups for (not) using neighborhood parks in Izmir. Project investigates firstly the need-groups’ accessibility to neighborhood parks at the urban scale; then will search for the applications of how this argument and its tools can be deployed when investigating the conditions at neighborhood and park scales affecting park usage.

Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr  Dr. Fatma Şenol

Researcher: ‘Asst. Prof. Dr. Hasan Engin Duran

Researcher: Research Asistant Phd İlgi Atay Kaya

Researcher:  Research Asistant Phd Burcu ŞENTÜRK

Researcher: Lecturer Phd İpek KAŞTAŞ UZUN

Junior researcher: Res. Asst. Sevim Pelin Özkan, Res. Asst.  İrem İnce, Sadiye Akkılıç, Ahmet Said IMIL, Berkan ÖZGÜR, Hatice Kübra BAŞTUĞ (City and Regional Planning Dep., İYTE), Res. Asst. Ece Ceren ENGÜR, Zeynep Özçam (City and Regional Planning Dep., ODTÜ)

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Director: Asst. Prof. Dr. Yavuz DUVARCI
Project Members: Asst. Prof. Dr. Bora İ. Kumova (from Computer Engineering Department), Res.Asst. Dr. Feral Geçer Sargın, Res. Asst. İlgi Atay Kaya, Res. Asst. Emrah İnan (from Computer Engineering Department), (finished in 2011)

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