Browsing by Author "Evcil, Ayse Nilay"

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The Accessibility in Shopping Centres: The Cases of Istanbul Profilo and Kozzy Malls
(Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design, 2014) Yalçın Usal, S.Selhan; Evcil, Ayse Nilay
Shopping centres are public areas which were used by people from every social strata and different age groups for consuming commodities or leisure. The aim of this study is to emphasize not only public areas accessibility of shopping centres but also consider interior space characteristics in terms of accessibility.The study showed that architectural design and interior design solutions were not sufficient to solve accessibility problem without active audit mechanism.
Wheelchair Users’ Accessibility Problems in Public Transportation-Case of Metro Bus
(Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design, 2014) Evcil, Ayse Nilay; Yalçın Usal, S.Selhan
Every day, in urban areas, the mobility of people and goods forms inner urban transportation. When urban transportation is carried in the form of public transportation, it becomes a public service. The urban public transport is one of the important services for all citizens since it is a public service provision. This service is provided by local government and it has been offered as a service without any distinctions between young, old, children, men, women, disabled, employee or retired or briefly to the society. Additionally, traffic congestion and the expence of owing and maintaining vehicles increase public transport usage in cities.