Perception and experience of incivility by urban youth : a field survey in Ankara

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buir.advisorErkip, Feyzan
dc.contributor.authorMuğan, Güliz
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:11:05Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:11:05Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph. D.) -- Bilkent University, 2009.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 191-203.en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing interest in studying (in)civility within the contemporary urban context due to disordered image of the city. This study focuses on incivilities resulting from daily encounters with strangers and experiences of incivility in daily life within a Turkish city context. Groups of youth around and their attitudes in urban public spaces are discussed to be the main incivil events in the social realm that prompt anxiety and unease among adult users of those spaces. In this respect, the aim of the study is to inquire different perceptions of incivility thoroughly and the ways it is perceived and experienced within the context of urban public spaces by the Turkish urban youth. First of all, the overall understanding of incivility in the Turkish urban realm is investigated through the statements of the urban youth and adults living in different neighborhoods of Ankara. Secondly, in order to explore the context dependent embodiment and locatedness of incivility as well as the role of space and physical environment, a field survey is conducted within a street context where everyday incivilities are mostly encountered. In this survey, Sakarya is chosen as the survey site concerning its significance with the variety of services and leisure activities on offer for the urban youth. The main purpose of this research is to investigate perceived and experienced incivilities and their interconnection with young people’s patterns of street use, which are expected to indicate problems in relation to social and physical environments of the street. Information on these issues was obtained through semistructured interviews and observation. The results indicate that while describing and explaining incivility, Turkish urban youth focuses on the importance of ‘respecting the norms and rules of the adult order of the society’ and the role of education and the family. They are observed to have different meanings and experiences of incivility in the street context and mostly describe and explain them in relation to the social environment. A mutual interference is found between perception and experience of incivility and the patterns of street use and young people’s attribution of meaning to the street. Likewise, variations in time of the day and gender differences among the youth appear to be influential on perception and experience of incivility on the street. Furthermore, Turkish youth is observed to be responsive to politics and social issues as well as planning and design of the urban spaces.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMuğan, Gülizen_US
dc.format.extentx, 281 leaves, illustrationsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14926
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectIncivilityen_US
dc.subjectSakaryaen_US
dc.subjectStreet contexten_US
dc.subjectUrban public spacesen_US
dc.subjectUrban youthen_US
dc.subject.lccHQ799.T9 M84 2009en_US
dc.subject.lcshUrban youth--Turkey--Ankara--Social conditions.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCity and town life--Turkey--Ankara.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial norms--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCommunity-based corrections.en_US
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology) in youth--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshUrban youth--Psychology aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNuisances--Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPublic spaces--Turkey--Ankara.en_US
dc.titlePerception and experience of incivility by urban youth : a field survey in Ankaraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInterior Architecture and Environmental Design
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

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