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https://hdl.handle.net/11147/24
2024-03-26T18:07:23Z
2024-03-26T18:07:23Z
Factors affecting tourist visits to archaeological sites in Turkey: A spatial regression analysis
Toköz, Özge Deniz
Avcı, Ali Berkay
Duran, Hasan Engin
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/14281
2024-02-20T08:02:44Z
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
Title: Factors affecting tourist visits to archaeological sites in Turkey: A spatial regression analysis
Authors: Toköz, Özge Deniz; Avcı, Ali Berkay; Duran, Hasan Engin
Abstract: The study focuses on the factors affecting visitor numbers to archaeological sites in Turkey. The aim is to investigate the geographical, economic, and demographic factors underlying the visits using statistical methods. The study covers 117 archaeological site visits in 2019. Although existing studies analysed determinants of visits to archaeological sites of different countries, the evidence needs to be explicit. Methodologically, the classical linear regression models are primarily applied in the literature, whereas the incorporation of spatial dependence has largely been ignored. This study contributes to the literature by employing demographic, economic, and
climatic factors and spatial relations between the sites. Therefore, spatial autoregressive (SAR) and spatial error models (SEM) are developed in the analyses. According to the results, WHL inscription and distance to the city centre are crucial factors for the visits. In addition, the study emphasizes the significant negative effect of spatial dependence on visitor numbers of archaeological sites near each other.
Description: Toköz, Özge D., Avci, A. B., & Duran, H. E. (2024). Factors affecting tourist visits to archaeological sites in Turkey: A spatial regression analysis. European Spatial Research and Policy, 30(2), 133–156. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.30.2.09 (Original work published December 30, 2023)
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
The asymmetries of displacement: The spatial aspects of the Greek-Turkish population exchange
Cankara, Melis
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/14150
2024-01-19T11:46:36Z
2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
Title: The asymmetries of displacement: The spatial aspects of the Greek-Turkish population exchange
Authors: Cankara, Melis
Abstract: Abstract The Greek-Turkish population exchange convention of 1923 had major effects on both countries in terms of politics, economy, society, and space. Some of the negative impacts were minimized over time. However, there are some long-term impacts, for instance on space, that are still observable in the cities we live in, even though a full century has passed since the exchange. This article focuses on both the local and broader spatial consequences of the population exchange from a comparative perspective. © 2023 Melis Cankara.
2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
Accessibility in intensive care units: A qualitative study on exploring architects’ perspective
Khoojine, Negar Sioof
Kasalı, Altuğ
Erkılıç Bayar, Mualla
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/14141
2024-01-18T12:12:21Z
2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
Title: Accessibility in intensive care units: A qualitative study on exploring architects’ perspective
Authors: Khoojine, Negar Sioof; Kasalı, Altuğ; Erkılıç Bayar, Mualla
Abstract: This study addresses healthcare designers’ perspectives concerning the architectural features within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environments that can impact visual and physical access to patients. In line with patient-centered approaches, providing accessible environments in ICUs is becoming increasingly critical for healthcare providers. The existing literature suggests various architectural features to influence levels of access to patients. How architects prioritize these features and translate them into the configuration of ICU environments has not been explored extensively. A series of semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand the perspectives of healthcare architects in the context of Turkey. The interviews were conducted with twelve participants with recent experiences in ICU design. The research followed a thematic analysis to link the qualitative data with the participants’ drawings that emerged during interviews. Five essential themes emerged, including: “Unit Model,” “Unit Layout,” “Unit Size,” “Bed Position,” and “Transparent Material.” The participants implied configurational models, including “open ward” and “single-patient room,” to facilitate high levels of accessibility. Beyond the key decisions concerning layouts, the participants also emphasized the strategic use of transparent materials, which was considered critical in establishing visual access within units. The findings suggest that healthcare architects mostly favor open wards as a suitable model to provide high levels of physical access by decreasing nurses’ walking distances during shifts and visual accessibility by enhancing nurses’ capacity to supervise the patients within ICU environments. The findings can advance our understanding of how the issue of access is formulated and implemented in ICU settings. © 2023, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture. All rights reserved.
2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
Optimizing thermal comfort in physical exercise spaces: A study of spatial and thermal factors
Avcı, Ali Berkay
Balcı, Görkem Aybars
Başaran, Tahsin
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/14099
2024-01-27T22:04:30Z
2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
Title: Optimizing thermal comfort in physical exercise spaces: A study of spatial and thermal factors
Authors: Avcı, Ali Berkay; Balcı, Görkem Aybars; Başaran, Tahsin
Abstract: Fitness centers have become famous for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They require different thermal comfort conditions and higher fresh air supply rates than other indoor spaces. However, even well-designed centers may cause discomfort due to factors such as design decisions, ventilation, overheating, and overcrowding. The standards for fitness centers do not consider these specific requirements sufficiently, so this study focuses on understanding the thermal comfort requirements during physical exercise and evaluating spatial and thermal factors affecting the thermal environment around the body. The study investigated the ceiling height, lateral and frontal distances between machines, and vent locations as spatial factors and inlet temperature and air velocity as thermal factors. A thirty-minute moderate-intensity constant work rate exercise test was conducted in a controlled climatic chamber using a cycle ergometer with six healthy male participants. The experiment conditions were simulated in CFD software using the collected data. Once a validated simulation model was provided, computational models for different environmental and spatial scenarios for the five-person cycling class were generated. Using Taguchi L9 (34) orthogonal arrays method, nine spatial scenarios were simulated with three different thermal operations each. Optimal factor levels were determined by using thermal comfort conditions (based on predicted mean vote) around the body's thermal plume. The results showed that a ceiling height of 5 m, lateral and frontal distances of 1 m and 0.5 m between machines, and Type 2 (two inlets mounted on the ceiling) ventilation strategy were optimal for achieving better thermal comfort values in a thermal condition of 18 °C and 0.2 m·s−1. The study found that increasing the ceiling height and using cross-positioned vents that project air vertically from the ceiling improved the comfort conditions significantly. It is expected that these criteria, which were determined, compared with the standards and detailed, will contribute to the production processes of comfortable exercise spaces.
2024-01-01T00:00:00Z