Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement
Preserved rural settlements provide information about the historical rural life. In this line of thought, this study aims to keep an account of a rural settlement before it is altered by urbanization, which is located near Ankara and in which merchandise of agricultural products in the historic mark...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Koc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM)
2017-12-01
|
| Series: | Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.journalagent.com/jas/pdfs/JAS_5_2_257_272.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797912974257553408 |
|---|---|
| author | Yekta Köse Şükran Şahin |
| author_facet | Yekta Köse Şükran Şahin |
| author_sort | Yekta Köse |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Preserved rural settlements provide information about the historical rural life. In this line of thought, this study aims to keep an account of a rural settlement before it is altered by urbanization, which is located near Ankara and in which merchandise of agricultural products in the historic markets of the city is its primary pursuit. In accordance with this purpose, a matrix was used. With this matrix, landscape identity features are assessed and elements constituting landscape features are designed in terms of their efficiency. Evciler neighborhood is chosen for study area because of its close location to the city and therefore the high risk of conversion and loss of identity under the pressure of urbanization, with respect to the change of its administrative status from village to neighborhood in correspondance with the 5216 Law on Metropolitan Municipalities. Decisions on developing and protecting distinctive features of landscape of rural settlements should include an objective considering features and identity of settlements from local to regional scale. In order to reach this objective, all dimensions of settlements’ landscape features should be understood. In conclusion, this study argues that rural settlements have been formed due to by the natural landscape and the oppurtunities offered by the natural structure whereby,this natural structure has determined various aspects of rural life from construction materials to the means of earning a living. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-10T12:04:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-1f74e2ff939f40fd8c574c1c1687607f |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2147-8724 2147-8724 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-10T12:04:19Z |
| publishDate | 2017-12-01 |
| publisher | Koc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi |
| spelling | doaj.art-1f74e2ff939f40fd8c574c1c1687607f2023-02-15T16:16:20ZengKoc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM)Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi2147-87242147-87242017-12-015225727210.5505/jas.2017.62634Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural SettlementYekta Köse0Şükran Şahin1Depart of Forestry, Demirci Vocational School of Higher Education, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, TurkeyDepart of Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Faculty, Ankara University, Ankara, TurkeyPreserved rural settlements provide information about the historical rural life. In this line of thought, this study aims to keep an account of a rural settlement before it is altered by urbanization, which is located near Ankara and in which merchandise of agricultural products in the historic markets of the city is its primary pursuit. In accordance with this purpose, a matrix was used. With this matrix, landscape identity features are assessed and elements constituting landscape features are designed in terms of their efficiency. Evciler neighborhood is chosen for study area because of its close location to the city and therefore the high risk of conversion and loss of identity under the pressure of urbanization, with respect to the change of its administrative status from village to neighborhood in correspondance with the 5216 Law on Metropolitan Municipalities. Decisions on developing and protecting distinctive features of landscape of rural settlements should include an objective considering features and identity of settlements from local to regional scale. In order to reach this objective, all dimensions of settlements’ landscape features should be understood. In conclusion, this study argues that rural settlements have been formed due to by the natural landscape and the oppurtunities offered by the natural structure whereby,this natural structure has determined various aspects of rural life from construction materials to the means of earning a living.https://www.journalagent.com/jas/pdfs/JAS_5_2_257_272.pdfRural settlementLandscape featuresLandscape identity componentsRural landscapeRural planningEvciler NeighborhoodÇankayaAnkara |
| spellingShingle | Yekta Köse Şükran Şahin Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi Rural settlement Landscape features Landscape identity components Rural landscape Rural planning Evciler Neighborhood Çankaya Ankara |
| title | Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement |
| title_full | Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement |
| title_fullStr | Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement |
| title_short | Landscape Features of Evciler Neighborhood as a Rural Settlement |
| title_sort | landscape features of evciler neighborhood as a rural settlement |
| topic | Rural settlement Landscape features Landscape identity components Rural landscape Rural planning Evciler Neighborhood Çankaya Ankara |
| url | https://www.journalagent.com/jas/pdfs/JAS_5_2_257_272.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT yektakose landscapefeaturesofevcilerneighborhoodasaruralsettlement AT sukransahin landscapefeaturesofevcilerneighborhoodasaruralsettlement |