An evaluation method for the landscape planning of Istanbul Bosphorous area

Abstract

In the frame of basic terms like environment, ecology and sustainability which came into being in the conscience period regarding nature and life, expressing the natural, historical, cultural, social values of the area, by the means of a method which will be a base for the ecological landscape ofBosphorus; besides, determining what the legal regularities are and how these affect the area, expressing the negative and positive results of the existing situation on functional and visionally structure regarding the terms of landscape and city ecology by means of maps on computerized environment using a GIS based program, evaluating the results coming out of these together with personal perceptional data once again and suggesting the solutions are put forward as goals. The basics of the thesis, environment, ecology and sustainability concepts are founded upon the creation of nature friendly settlements or making current settlements harmonic with nature and secure its continuity. Related to the common view of these concepts and the goal stated above, an "Ecological Landscape Evaluation Method" for Bosphorus Area, which was decided as the activity platform, is prepared. Before discussing the Bosphorus Area according to this method, ecology and sustainability concepts and the general view of Bosphorus were presented in relation to these concepts.

Özet

Doğaya ve yaşama yönelik bilinçlenme sürecinde ortaya konan çevre, ekoloji, sürdürülebilirlik gibi temel kavramlar çerçevesinde Boğaziçi'nin ekolojik peyzaj planlamasına temel oluşturacak bir yöntem aracılığıyla, alanın doğal, tarihsel, kültürel ve sosyal değerlerini ortaya koymak, alana ilişkin yasal düzenlemelerin neler olduğunu ve alanı nasıl etkilediğini belirlemek, peyzaj ve şehir ekolojisi kavramları doğrultusunda mevcut durumun hem fonksiyonel hem de görsel yapı üzerinde meydana getirdiği sonuçları CBS yardımıyla ifadelendirmek, elde edilen sonuçları da kişisel algılama verileriyle birlikte değerlendirilerek planlama önerilerinde bulunmak bu çalışmanın temelini oluşturmaktadır.