The Effectiveness of Urban Green Spaces and Socio-Cultural Facilities

Mehmet Faruk Altunkasa; Süha Berberoğlu; Cengiz Uslu; Halil Duymuş

doi:10.6092/1970-9870/4087

Mehmet Faruk Altunkasa Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture
Süha Berberoğlu Çukurova University - Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems
Cengiz Uslu Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture
Halil Duymuş Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/4087

Keywords: Effectiveness Change Value, GIS, Index Map, Index Value, Socio-Cultural Facilities, Urban Green Spaces

Abstract

This paper aims to develop a theoretical approach for mapping and determining the effectiveness of green spaces and socio-cultural facilities as providers of urban ecosystem services and urban services in the case of Adana, Turkey. Firstly, green spaces and socio-cultural facilities per capita have been determined and indexed for the neighbourhoods in the city. Then, a distance-based method for estimating the effectiveness of these facilities was used. The distances between the various neighbourhoods and between a given facility and the farthest threshold have been measured and these values have been used to determine the facility effectiveness change value for each neighbourhood. Then, effective values have been calculated and indexed by incorporating the green space and socio-cultural facility values and the effectiveness change values for the neighbourhoods. Finally, point-based effective green spaces and socio-cultural facilities index values have been converted to continuous surface values in a GIS (geographic information system) environment in order to utilize as a base map for urban physical planning purposes. According to the outcomes of this study, the distribution of green spaces and socio-cultural facilities of the neighbourhoods are imbalanced and index values of these facilities range in between 45 and 84 out of 100.

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Author Biographies

Mehmet Faruk Altunkasa, Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture

Dr. M. Faruk Altunkasa has over 30 years’ experience in landscape planning and design and is the author of more than 110 scientific publications in this field, including peer reviewed articles, books, book chapters and conference papers. He received his Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Çukurova in 1987. In 1994, he attended the advanced course on the Economics of Natural Resources held in IAMC (Spain) and received a certificate in this field. He is currently a member of the academic staff in Department of Landscape Architecture at Çukurova University. Dr. Altunkasa’s research interests are urban landscape design, urban green spaces, urban design, landscape construction, planting design.

Süha Berberoğlu, Çukurova University - Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems

Dr. Süha Berberoğlu is a lecturer in Landscape Architecture. He has 22 years of broad-based field and laboratory environmental experience required in the application of environmental monitoring and management. Dr. Berberoğlu is also involved in various national and international projects such as biodiversity mapping, change detection, hydrological modelling and biomass estimates. His current field of research is GIS and satellite remote sensing for driving ecosystem models and conservation in the Mediterranean region. Dr. Berberoğlu is the founder of the CU Remote Sensing and GIS Lab which is dedicated to providing innovative, state-of-the-art monitoring of environment using geospatial technologies. He is also head of RS and GIS department in Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences.

Cengiz Uslu, Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture

Dr. Cengiz Uslu has over 20 years’ experience in landscape planning and design and is the author of more than 60 scientific publications in this field, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and conference papers. He received his Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Çukurova in 2002. He is currently a member of the academic staff in Department of Landscape Architecture at Çukurova University. Dr. Uslu’s research interests are urban landscape design, urban green spaces, recreation planning and design, computer aided design, planting design.

Halil Duymuş, Çukurova University - Department of Landscape Architecture

Halil Duymuş is a research assistant in Department of Landscape Architecture at Çukurova University. He received his M.Sc. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Çukurova in 2011. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Urban Design in the University of Çukurova. Mr. Duymuş’ research interests are urban landscape design, urban green spaces, open public spaces, computer aided design, planting design.

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