Evaluating visitors’ perceptions of squares: Evidence from Istanbul

Hatice Ayataç; Enver Cenan İnce; Fatma Ayçim Türer Başkaya; Ismail Eren Kurkcuoglu; Özge Çelık; Sinem Becerık Altindış

doi:10.5505/itujfa.2019.98216

Evaluating visitors’ perceptions of squares: Evidence from Istanbul

Hatice Ayataç, Enver Cenan İnce, Fatma Ayçim Türer Başkaya, Ismail Eren Kurkcuoglu, Özge Çelık, Sinem Becerık Altindış

Istanbul Technical University

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Abstract

The urban square has been a prominent research topic in the literature of public space for decades, with related research taking it into account mainly as a physical, social, and economic space. However, a very limited number of empirical studies take into account the spatial perception of visitors to squares. The main aim of this study is to fill this gap by determining the factors prominent in shaping visitors’ perception of the attractiveness of urban squares. For this purpose, fourteen urban squares were selected as cases, and 644 randomly selected visitors of these squares were surveyed. Following this comprehensive survey, a binary probit model was used to model the visitors’ binary perceptions of the attractiveness of the related squares. A correlative approach between such a comprehensive study and an econometric model would be novel in the case of Istanbul.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	A\|Z ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5505/itujfa.2019.98216
Publication status	Published - 2020

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© 2020, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture. All rights reserved.

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This manuscript is supported by the Istanbul Technical University Scienti 4c Research Support Project through the “Development of Planning and Design Strategies for Urban Squares; Istanbul Example” with the project number 39974. This manuscript is supported by the Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Support Project through the ?Development of Planning and Design Strategies for Urban Squares; Istanbul Example? with the project number 39974.

Funders	Funder number
Development of Planning and Design Strategies for Urban Squares
Istanbul Example
Istanbul Technical University Scienti 4c Research Support Project
Istanbul Teknik Ãniversitesi	39974

Keywords

Attraction to a public square
Binary probit model
Visitors’ perceptions of public squares

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Evaluating visitors’ perceptions of squares: Evidence from Istanbul

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