Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.28, ss.9192-9199, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
There are some basic requirements such as observing with personal experience, perceiving and realizing the detail and using imagination in the perception of the space. On the basis of these requirements, the detail about the space is interpreted by processing in a cognitive process with all experiences that the perceptor has. In the study; it is tried to reveal the perceptibility level of the environment in order to create a healthy space organization that meets the needs and expectations of the visitors who use the space. On the purpose of this, Sultanahmet Square and its surrounding which carry the traces of different civilizations and cultures that belong to thousands of years and have the urban texture with its physical and functional change and transformation in addition to the identity of the architectural and social texture, trade and tourism center have been selected as the research area in Istanbul. Question and Cognitive Mapping Technique has been conducted in the study. 229 visitors have been asked to mark the most frequently used/ unused spaces and the most popular/unpopular spaces in the area by using face-to-face interviews and the visitor data Then, Point Density Analysis has been conducted with these maps and Density Map has been prepared with the preferences with the help of ArcGIS Program. As a result, the obtained density maps and the opinions of the visitors have been evaluated and the results of spatial analysis have been detailed.