https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11857/39 2026-06-02T14:52:18Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11857/3674 Heavy metal concentrations of selected public parks of Istanbul City Demir, Göksel; Özcan, H. Kurtuluş; Özdemir, Hüseyin; Pektaş, Ali Osman; Oruç, İlker; Büyükyıldız, Muhammet Many cities, especially larger metropolises, parks are very important recreational areas where people usually have closer contact with flora. Therefore, the pollution level in the parks can have a greater effect on human health. Heavy metals are ubiquitous with the environment, as a result of both natural and anthropogenic activities, and humans are exposed to them through various pathways. Essentially, these areas are assumed to be less exposed to routine contaminants, but especially in metropolises, this assumption could prove false considering these areas are stuck within the confines of a city full of pollutant activity such as intense traffic. In this study; the relationships between heavy metal pollution levels (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) and the pH and electrical conductivity (EC) of soil samples were investigated from the parks on the Asian side of Istanbul. For this purpose, the most frequently visited 16 parks were selected as sampling sites. In the second part of the study, linear correlation is used for the data analysis. 2nd International Conference on Chemical Materials and Process (ICCMP) -- MAY 11-13, 2016 -- Copenhagen, DENMARK -- 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11857/3550 Morphologic Assessment of Istanbul Beyoglu Peninsula In the Process of Reproducing the Urban Waterfront. Birik, Melih [Abstract Not Available] 50th ISOCARP Congress -- SEP 23-26, 2014 -- Gdynia, POLAND -- ISOCARP 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11857/3288 Creating nature awareness in design education Yeler, Gülcan Minsolmaz In the current design practice designers mainly focus on nature as the strategy for sustainable product development and solving human problems. Nature provides wealty of the information sources that could be used to explore new usable information (systems, processes, organizations, functions, structure, form etc.) into design. So, the inspiration from a nature also referred to as bio-inspired and biomimicry design strategies is now becoming a widespread practice in design education. In this respect, the study searches the awareness of interior design students about 'nature', 'sustainability' and 'natureinspired design approaches' and place of those approaches in design education. In this study, two questionnaire forms made of open-ended questions have been applied on 100 students as pre-test and post-test before and after the 'Nature and Design' seminar. After the evaluation, it has been realized that awarenesses of the students, who don't have too much information about the subject initially, have improved and their aspects in reflecting the nature knowledge to design and the education process have changed with the seminar focused on 'how the nature works' and 'design approaches'. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 5th International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE) -- JUN 25-27, 2014 -- Paris, FRANCE -- 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11857/3279 Solid waste collection route optimisation by geographical information system in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey Demir, Göksel; Özcan, H. Kurtuluş; Karakuş, Perihan Kurt; Bakış, Yener Uncontrolled urban population growth in metropolitan areas of developing countries in recent years has made solid waste management an important issue. Generally, collection and hauling efforts cover a substantial amount of total expenditures on the solid waste management by city authorities. Success of an integrated solid waste management system is directly proportional to the success of solid waste collection and transport systems since all depends on an even and a timely manner collection process. The more populated cities bring increasing difficulties on the reach and utilise services. In order to reduce cost and time on these services, it is very crucial for authorities to search for optimisation possibilities. In this manner, for local authorities, one of the most important issues on solid waste management practices is an optimised solid waste collection function. An optimised collection function has become more important in metropolitan areas having improved and sophisticated road systems. In this study, in order to minimise the route and collection cost by employing GIS and using numerical road data, a solid waste collection route optimisation study was carried in Fatih District of Istanbul, Turkey. 2nd International Conference on Recycling and Reuse -- JUN 04-06, 2014 -- Istanbul, TURKEY -- Bogazici Univ, Environm Sci Inst, Istanbul Univ, Environm Engn Dept 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z