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Hızlı kentleşme ile birlikte değişen yaşam koşulları, kent kullanıcılarını ve aynı zamanda çocukların oyun alanlarını da olumsuz etkilemektedir. Günümüzde artan yapı yoğunluğu, trafik ve kentlerdeki göç alımı ile kentlerde değişen insan profiline bağlı olarak azalan güven duygusu, okul çağındaki çocukların sokak ve çevreyle olan bağlantısını koparmıştır. Ayrıca kentlerde açık ve yeşil alanların azalması nedeniyle çocukların oyun alanları kısıtlanırken, eğitim alanları içerisinde bulunan okul bahçeleri de bu açığı kapatmak amacıyla daha fazla önem kazanmıştır. Çocukların ve gençlerin çevre bilinci kazanma noktasında da önemli aktörlerden biri olan okul bahçelerinin ekolojik bazı göstergelere göre düzenlenmesi son derece önemlidir. Bu göstergelerden en önemlileri; yeşil alan oranları, kullanılan bitkilerin doğallık değerleri ve alanlardaki bitki örtüsü çeşitliliğidir. Çalışmanın amacı Kilis kent merkezinde bulunan okul bahçelerinin söz konusu bu göstergelere göre değerlendirilmesidir. Çalışmada Kilis kent merkezinde yer alan 8 anaokulunun, 36 ilköğretim okulunun ve 14 lisenin açık ve yeşil alanları değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma alanında yeşil alan oranı ve kişi başına düşen yeşil alan miktarının en az olduğu eğitim kurumları ilköğretimler; en fazla olduğu kurumlar ise liseler olarak belirlenmiştir. Tüm okullardaki ortalama doğallık değeri % 40’ın üzerinde olup; okul bahçelerindeki bitki örtüsü çeşitliliğinin yeterli olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır.
The changing living conditions, along with rapid urbanization, have a negative impact on urban users and also on children’s playgrounds. Today, the increased building intensity, the traffic and migration in the cities and the decline in confidence due to the changing human profile in the cities have broken the children’s school age’s connection to the street and the environment. As well as the reduction in open and green spaces in cities, children’s playgrounds are restricted, while the school gardens within the educational spaces have gained greater importance in order to close this gap. It is extremely important that the school gardens, which are also one of the important actors in the environmental awareness of children and young people, are organized according to some ecological indicators. The most important of these indicators are the green spaces, the natural values of the plants used and the variety of plant coverage in the areas. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the school gardens located in the center of Kilis according to these indicators. The study assessed the open and green areas of 8 kindergartens, 36 primary schools and 14 high schools located in the city centre of Kilis. The number of green spaces in the work area and the minimum amount of green spaces per person in the educational institutions are primary; the institutions with the highest number are defined as high schools. The average value of naturality in all schools is above 40%, and the conclusion is that the variety of plant cover in school gardens is not sufficient.
Schoolyards are important components of open-green spaces that shape the physical structure of cities and contribute to citizens from ecological, social and cultural perspectives. These areas are potential educational environments where children and young people can develop their physical, social, emotional and mental skills, and they also act as the key actors to acquire environmental awareness. Designing these areas according to some ecological indicators to have better open-green field qualifications for school gardens in the cities and better relationships with nature is extremely important for contributing to the urban ecosystem and the multifaceted development of the users. The most important indicators are green field ratio, naturalness value of the plants used and vegetation variety. This study examines the open and green areas of 58 schools (8 kindergartens, 36 primary schools, 14 high schools) in Kilis city center within the framework of these indicators. The results show that the amount of open-green areas per person in all schools is below the standard. In the study area, primary schools have the least ratio of green areas and the least amount of green areas per person while high schools have the highest ratio of green spaces. The average naturalness score in all schools is over 60%, but vegetation diversity in schoolyards is insufficient. As a result of the study, it was determined that schoolyards in the city have deficiencies regarding their contribution to urban ecosystem, healthy development of children / young people and establishing relations with nature. So, some suggestions were produced in this context.
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