A Research on Permeability Concept at an Urban Pedestrian Shopping Street: A Case of Trabzon Kunduracilar Street

Authors : Aysel Yavuz, Nilgün Kuloğlu

Pages : 25-39

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Publication Date : 2012-02-07

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :This research in which components of permeability concept is tried to be set forth, presents the results of a field study conducted on a pedestrian-shopping street in Trabzon, a coastal city in the eastern Black Sea Region. The criteria affecting permeability are dealt with in physical, functional and perceptual properties. Accordingly, three hypotheses are proposed in this article. The study was a two-stage survey. The first survey is prepared to determine user preferences. With the second survey prepared in the light of the data obtained from the first one, characteristics defining the permeability concept were sought for. As a result, permeability level of a street is found to be closely related with the physical, functional and perceptual properties providing such permeability and, permeability is determined to be best provided by considering all the three properties together, and new perspective to the concept of permeability is brought with this model.
Keywords : Ulaşılabilirlik, okunabilirlik, yaya alışveriş sokakları, geçirgenlik, çeşitlilik

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