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A comparative review of environmental concern prioritization: LEED vs other major certification systems
(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015) Suzer, Ozge; Süzer, Özge; 27418; İç Mimarlık
The matter of environmental concern prioritization integrated into globally used green building rating systems is a fundamental issue since it determines how the performance of a structure or development is reflected. Certain nationally-developed certification systems are used globally without being subjected to adjustments with respect to local geographical, cultural, economic and social parameters. This may lead to a situation where the results of an evaluation may not reflect the reality of the region and/or the site of construction. The main objective of this paper is to examine and underline the problems regarding the issue of weighting environmental concerns in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system, which is a US-originated but globally used assessment tool. The methodology of this study consists of; (i) an analysis of the approach of LEED in the New Construction and Major Renovations scheme in version 3 (LEED NC, v.3) and the Building Design and Construction scheme in version 4 (LEED BD + C, v.4), (ii) case studies in which regional priority credits (RPCs) set by LEED for four countries (Canada, Turkey, China and Egypt) are criticized with respect to countries' own local conditions, and, (iii) an analysis of the approaches of major environmental assessment tools, namely; BREEAM, SBTool, CASBEE and Green Star, in comparison to the approach in LEED, regarding the main issue of this paper. This work shows that, even in its latest version (v.4) LEED still displays some inadequacies and inconsistencies from the aspect of environmental concern prioritization and has not yet managed to incorporate a system which is more sensitive to this issue. This paper further outlines the differences and similarities between the approaches of the aforementioned major environmental assessment tools with respect to the issue of concern and the factors that should be integrated into future versions of LEED. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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A novel approach for renovation of current social housing stock based on energy consumption in Turkey: significance of occupant behaviour
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Harputlugil, Guelsu Ulukavak; Harputlugil, Timuçin; Harputlugil, Timucin; Pedergnana, Matthieu; Sarioglu, Esra; 26110; 40295; Mimarlık
The goal of this research is to attempt establishing occupant behaviour profiles and how that behaviour impacts energy consumption with regard to indoor comfort levels in the current social housing stock in Turkey. The data consists of a large statistical survey that included four housing complexes situated in different climate regions in Turkey. Another more detailed survey was given to occupants of housing blocks in Ankara. Apartments were also monitored during a one-week period in summer and again in winter. All collected data were evaluated by sensitivity analysis. The results showed that occupant presence at home and operating windows had the most profound effect on internal loads and comfort levels whole year. Additionally, the transparency level of curtains, impacts the indoor temperature during the winter time. The results were used to develop a web-based tool which is going to be a guide for renovation strategies of current housing stock.
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A practical approach to performance-based building design in architectural project
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020) Sayin, Selcuk; Celebi, Gulser
The aim of this study is to develop an approach that can enhance and contribute to the practical applicability of performance-based building design in architectural projects. The need for such an approach is based on the current lack of a practical application for performance-based design in architectural projects, despite the numerous studies conducted in this regard to date. The approach has been applied in a commercial building project designed by an architectural firm in Konya. The performance evaluation of the design developed in accordance with the requirements of the client/builder and the restrictions of regulations was carried out using IES VE 2014 software at a specific phase of the design process. Through this building performance simulation tool; the thermal protection of the envelope/heat loss and solar gain, thermal comfort (temperature, humidity), air quality (freshness), daylight and glare levels were evaluated for the selected spaces in the building, and following the evaluation, new design proposals were put forward to improve the design so as to meet the performance goal.
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Analyzing the compliance and correlation of LEED and BREEAM by conducting a criteria-based comparative analysis and evaluating dual-certified projects
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2019) Suzer, Ozge; Süzer, Özge; 27418; İç Mimarlık
Certified green buildings are known to demonstrate high environmental performance; however, it is still not clear where they stand among each other, unless certified by the same body. This study aims to examine the compliance and correlation between the most prominent green building rating systems, LEED and BREEAM. It also estimates how a project would be graded by one system if already certified by the other. Regarding the methodology of the study, the intents of evaluation criteria in the latest versions for new constructions of LEED and BREEAM are analyzed. Commonly addressed and different concerns are determined, and the scales for assigning their award levels are compared. It is observed that they have a high level of compliance because 83% of the environmental concerns are commonly addressed issues. Moreover, it is derived that a dual-certified project aiming to achieve the same award level in both assessments has to display a better performance in BREEAM as it includes a higher number of concerns to be fulfilled. Based on the correlation analyses on twenty dual-certified buildings, the results from the scatter plot diagram, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient (r) and Paired Samples t-Test show that there is a large positive linear correlation and that LEED scores are significantly higher than BREEAM scores. Furthermore, the difference between the averages of LEED and BREEAM scores and the average difference between award levels indicate that if there would be a difference in ratings of dual-certified projects, it would be in favor of LEED by one award level.
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Building sector emission reduction assessment from a developing European economy: A bottom-up modelling approach
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2023) Sarica, Kemal; Harputlugil, Gulsu U.; Inaner, Gulfem; Kollugil, Esin Tetik; 36110
In this study, as a developing European economy, the Turkish building sector is assessed for potential CO2 emission reduction with a bottom-up modelling framework with a time horizon starting from 2015 until 2050. Three emission mitigation policies are studied for their emission reduction potentials, namely, increasing the usage rate of energy-efficient appliances, improving the energy performance of the building envelope in existing buildings, and increasing the use of energy-efficient heating and cooling systems. Based on these potentials, three emission reduction scenarios for 5%, 10%, and 21% compared to reference cases are designed and implemented. It is shown that much higher energy savings levels, 6%, 12%, and 28%, are achieved. It has been found that the cost-effectiveness of emission reduction scenarios depends on the policy mix as well as the future emission intensity of the electrical energy consumed, which can reduce the cost of mitigation down to the range of 100-200 USD/tonne CO2.
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Decoding the impact of covid-19 on everyday life practices of Syrian refugees: an investigation at the neighbourhood level
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Kahraman, Z. Ezgi Haliloglu; 50343
This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the neighbourhood level on the everyday life practices of Syrian refugees and the potential reasons for virus transmission in their settlements. It is based on fieldwork in an ethnic enclave of Ankara, which revealed comparative insights into everyday life practices of Syrians before and after the outbreak, their perceptions, reactions and strategies towards the pandemic and its countermeasures. Their religious beliefs, socio-cultural structure, social networks and economic struggles have significant effects on their perceptions and practices in pandemic times; together with their living and working conditions, this may create risks of virus transmission. The degradation in their employment status, interruptions in donations and increase in expenditures resulted in decreases in living standards. The outbreak, negatively influencing their use of public services and some parts of social life created new inequalities and stressors but empowered their social support system and virtual networking capacities.
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Disaster management of hotels: empirical results from the lodging industry
(Routledge, 2022) Orhan, E.; Orhan, Ezgi; 34038; Şehir ve Bölge Planlama
Among other business types, hotels serving as temporary accommodation for visitors with solid ties to local conditions present unique hazard-prone characteristics, and show vulnerabilities based on their location. Departing from the significance of the topic for the Turkish case, this paper focuses on the risk perception and responsiveness of the lodging industry. In doing so, an empirical study was carried out in Ankara city. Data from 75 hotels were gathered via a questionnaire designed to identify their locational attributes and operationalized by multiple logistic regression analysis. Although hotels in the sample accepted that safety is a significant issue for both the continuity of their operationality and guests, hotels were reluctant in developing systematic and effective tools for disaster management. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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Empowering the community through participation and action in historic neighbourhood conservation planning
(Keai Publishing Ltd, 2022) Ataov, Anli; Kahraman, Z. Ezgi Haliloglu; Osmay, Sevin
This paper presents an attempt to initiate community empowerment within the participatory neighbourhood upgrading context of the S,engul Hammam Neighbourhood (I_stiklal). We adopted the Participatory Action Research methodology, which aims to generate knowledge meaningful for the community towards upgrading and revitalizing the neighbourhood. Respectively, a series of workshops, focus groups, and community activities were implemented in parallel processes with different neighbourhood groups. In order to change the situation in the neighbourhood, the inquiry began by mobilizing neighbourhood stakeholders and planning the future with primary school children. Later, this gained the active support of parents, women, the municipality, local leaders, and civil associations, and led them to take collective action over garbage collection, cleaning up the neighbourhood and building a playground-park. The mayor at the time of the research showed interest in I_stiklal but did not or could not give any financial or political support to upgrade the physical setting as a whole. The lack of support from the municipality in that regard and the neighbourhood being left to its own destiny caused a gradual dilapidation and loss of historic and cultural values. (c) 2021 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
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Environmental Strategies of Affect Regulation and Their Associations With Subjective Well-Being
(Frontiers Media Sa, 2018) Korpela, Kalevi M.; Alves, Susana; Pasanen, Tytti; Repo, Veera; Hartig, Terry; Staats, Henk; Mason, Michael; Thompson, Catharine Ward; 190116; Mimarlık
Environmental strategies of affect regulation refer to the use of natural and urban socio-physical settings in the service of regulation. We investigated the perceived use and efficacy of environmental strategies for regulation of general affect and sadness, considering them in relation to other affect regulation strategies and to subjective well-being. Participants from Australia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, India, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden (N = 507) evaluated the frequency of use and perceived efficacy of affect regulation strategies using a modified version of the Measure of Affect Regulation Styles (MARS). The internet survey also included the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), emotional well-being items from the RAND 36-Item Health Survey, and a single-item measure of perceived general health. Environmental regulation formed a separate factor of affect regulation in the exploratory structural equation models (ESEM). Although no relations of environmental strategies with emotional well-being were found, both the perceived frequency of use and efficacy of environmental strategies were positively related to perceived health. Moreover, the perceived efficacy of environmental strategies was positively related to life satisfaction in regulating sadness. The results encourage more explicit treatment of environmental strategies in research on affect regulation.
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Factors affecting post-disaster location choices of businesses: an analysis of the 1999 earthquake
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) Orhan, Ezgi; Orhan, Ezgi; 34038; Şehir ve Bölge Planlama
Despite global policies advocating risk reduction and community level recovery, post-disaster implementations usually focus on households, but fail to focus on businesses in spatial terms. Due to the lack of appropriate policy and tools, businesses often make their own location choices as part of their recovery strategy. In view of this, this study aims to establish the factors affecting the location choices of businesses challenged by disasters in the absence of any specific spatial strategies designed for them. In order to determine these factors, empirical research was conducted in Adapazari, Turkey on 232 firms selected as a result of a stratified random sampling procedure. According to the analysis of the results, the most notable impacts on business location choices after a disaster shock are associated with occupancy status, education level, and extent of damage. In line with these findings, the impacts of business location choices are discussed to highlight the role of businesses in spatial decisions.
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Local responses to urban redevelopment projects: The case of Beyoglu, Istanbul
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Yetiskul, Emine; Kayasu, Serap; Ozdemir, Suna Yasar
Urban redevelopment projects became the primary mechanisms of neoliberal urban policies in Istanbul. By analyzing the urban redevelopment projects of Beyoglu and the responsive practices of local actors, this paper highlights the role of community organizations in resisting and challenging the state's urban planning policies. A collaboration among local citizens, civil society institutions, and community organizations of the case study area formed the Beyoglu Neighborhood Associations Platform and searched for opportunities to reproduce neoliberal priorities and policies. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Locational attributes of the lodging industry: An empirical study on urban hotels in Ankara, Turkey
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2023) Orhan, Ezgi; Orhan, Ezgi; 34038; Şehir ve Bölge Planlama
Providing temporary accommodation for visitors, hotels usually make permanent location choices as a strategic managerial decision. This study is shaped around the research question of how urban hotels appreciate their locational attributes considering their operationality. By this way, it is aimed at establishing the location de-cisions of urban hotels, and the interaction between their spatial distribution and urban space. A structured questionnaire was conveyed to a sample of 75 hotels operating in Ankara city to inquire about their locational attributes. Results show that hotels commonly accompany with the business functions and their operability are affected from the urban spatial structure. The analysis provides a basis to discuss the attributes of urban location on the business operations of lodging industry by presenting an empirical assessment, and an insight to both potential entrepreneurs and decision-makers in developing a policy framework for hotel investors' needs, de-mands, and site-specific problems.
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Perceptual analysis of the speech intelligibility and soundscape of multilingual environments
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2019) Kitapci, Kivanc; Galbrun, Laurent; 275153
This paper examines the perceived speech intelligibility of English, Polish, Arabic, and Mandarin and, more generally, the soundscape associated to multilingual environments. Listening tests were used to evaluate three acoustic environments (an airport, a hospital, and a caf) under three room acoustic conditions defined by a different speech transmission index (STI) (STI = 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6). In the tests, participants rated eleven semantic attributes representative of speech perception and the overall soundscape (speech intelligibility, speech level, speech pleasantness, noisiness, annoyance, relaxation, comfort, environment pleasantness, eventfulness, excitement, and familiarity). Results obtained indicate that inter-language comparisons based on perceived speech intelligibility are different from those obtained from objective speech intelligibility tests. Noticeably, English participants were found to be most sensitive to changes in room acoustic conditions and to meaningful and distractive noise sources, whilst Arab participants were least sensitive to changes in room acoustic conditions and more tolerant to noise. Perceived speech intelligibility correlated significantly with non-acoustical factors (speech pleasantness, comfort and environment pleasantness), and 'emotional factors' (annoyance, relaxation, comfort and environment pleasantness) explained a large portion of the variance in soundscape assessment. Results also showed that language affected the perceived speech intelligibility marginally (p = 0.051) and noisiness significantly (p = 0.047), the latter being the best indicator of cultural variations amongst the attributes tested. Overall, the study shows that designing for speech intelligibility cannot be solely based on room acoustic parameters, especially in the case of multi-lingual environments. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Post-restoration seismic performance assessment of a historic hypostyle mosque in Anatolia (13th century AD)
(Elsevier, 2023) Cosgun, Turgay; Akan, Asli Er; Uzdil, Oguz; Er, Arzu; Ormecioglu, Hilal Tugba; Sayin, Baris; 154406
Assessment of structural performance under seismic effects is a very important step for restoration process of historic buildings that represent construction techniques and material characteristics of their era. This process consists of three stages namely, on-site examinations, restoration practices, and seismic analysis, and therefore, requires a multidisciplinary approach. Hypostyle structures are mostly timber-framed buildings with masonry walls on two or three facades. This construction method is a combination of Asia (wooden pillar) and Byzantine (masonry walls) techniques. The primary load-bearing system in these buildings is composed of multiple rows of wooden pillars. This paper presents post-restoration seismic assessment of a historic wooden hypostyle mosque complex constructed in 1273. This mosque complex is an important structure representing wooden hypostyle architecture in the Anatolia region of Turkey and is composed of three separate structures namely, a main mosque building, a minaret, and a tomb. Linear performance analysis, displacement-controlled nonlinear analysis, and kinematic limit analysis for failure mechanisms were conducted for the structures after the restoration. The linear performance analysis results indicated that the structures meet shear strength requirements for DD3 and DD2 earthquakes with recurrence periods of 72 and 475 years, respectively. Furthermore, according to the linear and non-linear analyses, the complex was found to satisfy performance limits for both ground motion levels in terms of inter-story drifts.
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Seismic evaluation of a renovated wooden hypostyle structure: A case study on a mosque designed with the combination of Asian and Byzantine styles in the Seljuk era (14th century AD)
(Elsevier, 2021) Akan, Asli Er; Basok, Gulsah Celik; Er, Arzu; Ormecioglu, Hilal Tugba; Kocak, Sevilay Zamur; Cosgun, Turgay; Sayin, Baris; 154406
Wooden hypostyle structures are primarily built using timber-framed construction types, surrounded by masonry walls on two or three facades. This construction technique is a combination of Asian (wooden frame) and Byzantine (masonry wall) techniques. The primary load-bearing system in these structures consists of multiple rows of wooden pillars. This paper focuses on the restoration of a historical wooden hypostyle mosque constructed in 1366. The mosque is a crucial example of wooden hypostyle tradition in the Anatolia region of Turkey. The study consists of four steps: field survey, lab tests, restoration practices, and seismic performance analyses for the examined structure. The on-site examination includes the visual inspection of material deterioration and the analyses of obtained samples from different places of the structure. Moreover, a building survey was carried out using three-dimensional laser scanning. Secondly, a laboratory study was performed using the samples gathered from the structure. The physical tests revealed that while the stone sample taken from the minaret had the highest porosity, the stone sample represents the west facade displayed the lowest porosity. Accordingly, the water absorption capacity of the stone sample taken from the west facade was the lowest. On the other hand, among samples, this stone sample had the highest wet and dry density. In the third step, the renovation process of the mosque considering its originality is presented. Lastly, the seismic performance level of the renovated structure is obtained using three analyses: linear, pushover, and kinematic approaches. Story drift ratios of the structure at the performance points for three earthquake ground motion levels meet the target performance requirements. Considering the realistic behavior of the material, the vulnerability of the main structure against the maximum credible earthquake is revealed in terms of tensile and shear stresses. The seismic vulnerability of the minaret is also determined in terms of both tensile and shear stresses and the story drifts ratios in both analysis types. We believe that the structural restoration processes presented in this paper to bring back a deteriorated historical mosque to its original form will provide a comprehensive approach to the literature.
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Spatial and temporal modeling of parcel-level land dynamics
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017) Tepe, Emre; Guldmann, Jean-Michel
Neighborhood and historical conditions are important factors in land dynamics. However, models that explicitly incorporate spatial and temporal dependencies face challenges in data availability, methodology and computation. In this research, parcel-level dynamics are investigated using the geocoded Auditor's tax database for Delaware County, Ohio, including 73,560 parcels over the period 1990-2012. A binary spatio-temporal autologistic model (STARM), incorporating space and time and their interactions, is used to investigate parcel-level dynamics. The results show that the model is able capture the impacts of contemporaneous and historical neighborhood conditions around parcels, as well as the effects of other variables such as distances to various facilities and infrastructures, agricultural and residential land-use shares within a half mile radius circle, and population density and growth expectation at the census tract level. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Sustainable environment education in pre-school pupils
(Modestum LTD, 2018) Ozburak, C.; Batirbaygil, M.H.; Uzunoğlu, S.S.; 167451
"Sustainable Environmental Education" at early ages is important for creating environmental awareness. When the content of current environmental education curriculums at schools in the North Cyprus is analyzed, it is seen that only the natural environment elements are covered. Whereas environment is divided into two that are natural and the built environment. Besides the recognition and protection of the natural environment, sustainable built elements play an important role. The aim of this study is to identify through measuring the deficiency of preschool children's level of awareness of "sustainable built environment". The study was administered to 134 five year-old preschool children at a private school in the city of Nicosia by using the qualitative approach. During the study, "Interviews" were arranged and 17 questions were asked to the children. The children's level of knowledge on "sustainable built environment" was measured through a pre-test. According to the results obtained, the children are familiar with natural elements such as the trees, animals and water around their environment but are not familiar with basic building elements or related sustainable systems such as wind turbine (25.37%), solar panels (13.43%) and green roof (8.20%). These results show us the the lack of "sustainable built environment education". © 2018 by the authors; licensee Modestum Ltd., UK.
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The interaction between humans and buildings for energy efficiency: A critical review
(Elsevier, 2021) Harputlugil, Timucin; Harputlugil, Timuçin; de Wilde, Pieter; 40295; Mimarlık
Buildings consume energy for different purposes. One core function is to provide healthy and comfortable living conditions for the humans that inhabit these buildings. The associated energy use is significant: taken together, buildings are responsible for roughly 40% of the world's total annual energy consumption. This large percentage makes the built environment an important target for researchers, policy makers, innovators and others who aim to decrease energy consumption and the associated emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG). Unfortunately, the significant body of research on energy efficient buildings conducted since the 1970s has had only a limited impact on the overall energy use of the sector, and this remains a serious concern. The energy use of buildings shows a strong correlation with the activities of the building occupants. A key factor that makes it hard to curb building energy use is a lack of understanding of building occupant behaviour. This paper reviews research on building occupant behaviour in two stages. The first stage reviews important issues, milestones, methodologies used, building types analysed and progress achieved related to the topic, as reported in the most frequently cited papers. The second stage focuses on recent work in the area and investigates `state of the art' developments in terms of questions asked and solutions proposed. The aim is to identify problems and knowledge gaps in the field for future projection. Recent research on the topic is analysed, taking account of methodologies, building types, locations, keywords, data sampling and survey size. Based on a critical analysis of the literature, the following outcomes can be reported: research on building occupant behaviour relies strongly on quantitative methods, but studies are mostly located in the northern hemisphere and in developed and high-income countries. The dominant research topics associated with occupant behaviour are energy demand and thermal comfort, followed by retrofit and renovation. Most research focuses on technical aspects rather than socio-economic issues. Current research is mostly limited to studies of single buildings and typically lacks data-gathering standards, which makes it hard to conduct cross cultural data comparisons. Most research concentrates on individual topics, such as window, door and blind adjustments, effects of Heating Ventilating Air Condition (HVAC) systems etc. and does not provide a wider, holistic view that can be linked to social and economic factors.
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Tourism-led adaptive reuse of the built vernacular heritage: A critical assessment of the transformation of historic neighbourhoods in Cappadocia, Turkey
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Buke, Fatma Gul Ozturk
Since the last quarter of the twentieth century, increased tourism in traditional settlements have led to the adaptive reuse of built vernacular heritage to serve the tourism industry. The adaptive reuse of historic buildings is considered a conservation strategy and an alternative to new constructions in historic environments. Nevertheless, the adaptive reuse of built vernacular heritage and its socio-spatial impacts have not yet been sufficiently investigated. To fill the gap, this paper, focuses on Cappadocia, Turkey, where adaptive reuse of individual vernacular houses has recently paved the way for the transformation of an entire neighbourhood, the historic neighbourhood of Kayakapi, into a 'holiday village.' This study argues that traditional settlements and communities in Cappadocia have been subjected to 'gentrification' and so-called 'Disneyfication.' Such historic environments are facing controversial physical interventions, detached from local communities and devoted to a single function, namely tourism, becoming 'stereotypical and depersonalised.' The study further argues that the current situation is incompatible with international heritage and conservation policies. Correspondingly, to reveal the potential conflicts, the recent revitalisation project of the historic neighbourhood of Kayakapi in Cappadocia is examined as a case study.
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Translation of soundscape perceptual attributes from English to Turkish
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2023) Yorukoglu, P. N. Dokmeci; Bayrak, O. Turker; Coban, N. Akbulut; Osma, U. B. Ercakmak; Aletta, F.; Oberman, T.; Kang, J.
The International Standard Organization (ISO) published the standard series on soundscape for the identification, data collection and data analysis. However, since all these standards are in English language, the reliable standardized usage in other languages and its applicability is questionable. Thus, this two-staged study aims: i) to determine the Turkish equivalences of the 8 soundscape perceptual attributes that are published in ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 and ISO/TS 12913-3:2019, ii) to analyze if the determined Turkish attributes have concept equivalence to the original ones, and iii) to determine if the translated Turkish scale is reproducible. The first stage involved the translation of the attributes by focus group discussions and finalization by Turkish linguistic experts. As a result, the attributes 'eventful', 'vibrant', 'pleasant', 'calm', 'uneventful', 'monotonous', 'annoying', and 'chaotic' are translated to Turkish as 'hareketli', 'coskulu', 'keyifli', 'sakin', 'duragan', 'tekduze', 'rahatsiz edici', and 'karmasik', respectively. The second stage involves the analysis of reproducibility in terms of inter-rater reliability and conceptual validity. It is found that the Turkish scale is reproducible based on high inter-rater reliability in all attri-butes. Context validity at a conceptual level is analyzed both in terms of the difference between the aver-age scores given to the English attributes and their corresponding Turkish equivalences and the correlation between the English and Turkish scores given to each attribute. The highest difference between the average scores (around 10 points on a slider scale of 0 to 100) is found to be in the translation of 'vibrant' while the lowest correlated one (slightly lower than 0.5) is found in 'chaotic' attribute as in line with literature. Despite this result, when the scores are reduced to 2 dimensions as pleasantness and eventfulness, it is seen that there is a high correlation between the English and Turkish scales. It is considered that the results obtained from this research could act as a base in the future for the establishment of Turkish Standards on soundscape and standardization of the translated and validated Turkish soundscape perceptual attributes and the 'perceived affective quality' scale defined under ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 in English. (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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