PLANLAMADA EVRENSEL TASARIM İLKELERİ İLE ERİŞİLEBİLİRLİK AĞI TASARIMI, İZMİT KENT MERKEZİ ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

The “universal design principles” developed in 1997 and the “United Nations International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” that came to the agenda in 2007 brought sensitivity to the disabled to the agenda of urban planning and urban design. Decisions made in the field of planning such as transportation infrastructure, public transportation system, pedestrian and bicycle access, urban social infrastructure areas, the location of the city center and sub-centers appear as important determinants of the city’s accessibility. However, it is observed that the applications and academic studies related to the subject are mostly based on ergonomic standards and it is handled in architectural and urban design scales. In this study, it is aimed to create a comprehensive, holistic, continuous framework that can be used in physical planning studies by addressing the universal design principles in the example of Izmit city center. As a result, the accessibility zones that show the degree of disability of the settlement were mapped and evaluated. In order to direct the planning studies at the urban scale and to determine the priority intervention areas and types, the priority accessibility network, which connects the defined sub-regions and is assumed to be the most intense urban mobility, has been determined.