Zeynep Toker

California State University, Northridge, Urban Studies and Planning, Faculty Member

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Best Practices from 28 Planning Program-Community Partnership Projects

Routledge eBooks, Aug 16, 2023

Housing Privacy and Community: Contradicting Cases of Cohousing and New Urbanist Developments

As the lack of sense of community has become a prevalent trait of suburban landscape in the Unite... more As the lack of sense of community has become a prevalent trait of suburban landscape in the United States, two alternative housing types (cohousing and new urbanist developments) have emerged with claims to fix that problem through social and spatial organizations they provide. Lack of privacy, on the other hand, has been discussed as a feature of these communal living schemes, which encourage social interaction. In this study, the two aforementioned housing types are compared in regards to the sense of privacy and community they accommodate for the resident women. A total of 29 women were interviewed. Similarity of claimed intentions to enhance a sense of community is the reason for comparing cohousing and new urbanist developments, although the results of this study indicate that the resident women’s experiences of privacy and community differ in these two housing types.

Women's spatial needs in housing

Today, the conventional households, which are composed of a breadwinning husband, a homemaking wi... more Today, the conventional households, which are composed of a breadwinning husband, a homemaking wife, and children, constitute only 9% of the population in the United States. However, housing is still designed to accommodate the conventional households. As the contemporary roles of women have evolved with the transformation of household types form conventional to unconventional, the time women spent for housework has also decreased primarily due to the changes in their gender ideologies. Yet, the conventional housing design fails to accommodate contemporary women's spatial needs in their houses. Although research has been conducted to show that women's gender ideologies influence the time they spent for housework, which influences their use patterns, perception, privacy, and that different housing types are needed to accommodate the increasing number of unconventional households, research into women's spatial needs in housing has been limited. This study is an attempt to ...

Learning from the Students: Aligning Sustainable Campus Design and Curriculum Development

Promoting Sustainable Development Through Participatory Design in a Small Town: Mebane, North Carolina: 2 Phase

The goal of this project is to generate appropriate design guidelines and implementation strategi... more The goal of this project is to generate appropriate design guidelines and implementation strategies for development in key locations of downtown Mebane, North Carolina. One of the main objectives of the project is to enhance community participation in this process. The appropriate goal setting technique in this regard is chosen as charrette process, i.e., the rapid pace at which the design is finalized with a guiding principle: consensus (Sanoff, 2000).

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Walking beyond the Socioeconomic Status in an Objectively and Perceptually Walkable Pedestrian Environment

Urban Studies Research, 2015

An extensive body of literature suggests that physical environment, physical activity, and socioe... more An extensive body of literature suggests that physical environment, physical activity, and socioeconomic status (SES) are intrinsically linked to each other and to weight related health problems. In this study, the role of objective and perceived pedestrian environment characteristics (microscale measures) was explored in relation to people’s recreational walking patterns in two neighborhoods with opposite SES. A total of 441 street segments were assessed and a total of 133 questionnaires were conducted. The findings suggest that recreational walking can take place beyond a neighborhood’s suggested SES when objective and especially perceived microscale characteristics (pedestrian environment) are favorable.

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Miscalculated opposition of businesses to street improvements

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 2017

This study addresses the problem of unfavourable attitude among businesses towards improving non-... more This study addresses the problem of unfavourable attitude among businesses towards improving non-motorised transportation and public transit infrastructure. Questionnaires were conducted with residents living within walking distance to a commercial street in Los Angeles, with pedestrian visitors of that commercial street and with business owners on the same commercial street. The findings show that there is a misalignment between business owners' perception of their customers' mode of transportation and the reported mode of transportation by the residents and the visitors. Residents and visitors report walking, bicycling and using public transit frequently to come to the businesses on this commercial street, while business owners perceive a very low percentage of their customers using these alternative transportation modes. The authors argue that highlighting this misalignment in the planning process for such infrastructure improvements would help solicit the support of business owners.

Women's spatial needs in housing : accommodating gender ideologies, use patterns, and privacy

ideologies, time spent for housework, use patterns, perception of spaces and spaces for privacy 5... more ideologies, time spent for housework, use patterns, perception of spaces and spaces for privacy 5.1.1. The first phase of data analysis: Factors affecting women's time spent for housework 5.1.2. The first phase of data analysis: Time spent for housework and use patterns 5.1.3. The first phase of data analysis: Time spent for housework and perception of spaces 5.1.4. The first phase of data analysis: Time spent for housework and spaces for privacy 5.2. The second phase of data analysis: comparison of neo-traditional and cohousing communities in terms of gender ideologies, time spent for housework, use patterns, perception of spaces, spaces for privacy, and spatial organization 5.2.1. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of gender ideologies of respondents in cohousing and neo-traditional developments vii Page 5.2.2. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of time spent for housework in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 5.2.3. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of use patterns in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 5.2.4. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of perception in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 5.2.5. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of spaces for privacy in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 5.2.6. The second phase of data analysis: Comparison of spatial organization in houses of cohousing and neo-traditional developments 5.3. Summary: Data analysis procedure 6. Findings: Overall patterns of relationships among gender ideologies, time spent for housework, use patterns, perception of spaces, and spaces for privacy 6.1. Factors influencing women's time spent for housework 6.1.1. Relationship between women's gender ideologies and their time spent for housework 6.1.2. Influence of household compositions, relative resources and time availability on women's time spent for housework 6.1.3. Summary: Factors influencing women's time spent for housework 6.2. Time spent for housework and use patterns 6.2.1. Time spent for housework and housework spaces 6.2.2. Time spent for housework and most time spent spaces 6.2.3. Summary: Overall patterns of relationships between time spent for housework and use patterns 6.3. Time spent for housework and perception of spaces viii Page 6.3.1. Time spent for housework and the most favorite spaces 6.3.2. Time spent for housework and the least favorite spaces 6.3.3. Summary: Time spent for housework and perception of spaces 6.4. Time spent for housework and privacy 6.4.1. Time spent for housework and exclusive spaces 6.4.2. Time spent for housework and spaces for privacy 6.4.3. Summary: Time spent for housework and privacy 6.5. Overall patterns: Gender ideologies, time spent for housework, use patterns, perception of spaces, and spaces for privacy 7. Findings: Comparison of housing types 7.1. Demographic characteristics in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.2. Comparison: Gender ideologies in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.3. Comparison: Time spent for housework in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.4. Comparison: Use patterns in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.5. Comparison: Perception of spaces in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.6. Comparison: Spaces for privacy in cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.7. Comparison: Spatial organization in houses of cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.8. Comparison: Modifications and program considerations in houses of cohousing and neo-traditional developments 7.9. Summary: Comparison of housing types 8. Conclusion 8.

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Good cities and healthy communities in the USA

Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 2012

Components of conventional city form in the USA have been discussed in public health literature a... more Components of conventional city form in the USA have been discussed in public health literature as elements adding to the health-related problems that occur owing to lack of exercise and healthy diet. City planning literature provides prescriptions for good city form with little reference to public health. This paper attempts to align the components of good city form with the expected performance requirements for healthy communities. The good city form components are articulated to improve ‘operationalisation’ of that variable in public health literature. The performance requirements for healthy communities are aligned with good city form components to emphasise the viability of including those elements in current practice of city planning for sustainability.

Who has more walkable routes to parks? An environmental justice study of Safe Routes to Parks in neighborhoods of Los Angeles

Journal of Urban Affairs, 2017

The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice... more The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice. Urban parks could help address increasing health concerns in the United States; however, parks tend to be inequitably distributed, and unsafe or uncomfortable routes to parks might be additional impediments to park use. We therefore seek to uncover whether lowincome ethnic minority communities near a neighborhood park have less walkable routes to parks, compared to wealthier and Whiter areas. We use Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley as a case study and a street audit tool measuring walkability through microscale variables (e.g., pedestrian facilities). We find that low-income neighborhoods near parks have higher traffic volumes, fewer shade trees, and street environments that are less clean and well maintained compared to high-income areas and that similar disparities exist between ethnic minority and White communities. These inequities could deter low-income people of color, especially children, from visiting urban parks.

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Sidewalks

Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy, 2014

Who has more walkable routes to parks? An environmental justice study of Safe Routes to Parks in neighborhoods of Los Angeles

by Alessandro Rigolon, Zeynep Toker, and Nara Gasparian

Journal of Urban Affairs, 2017

The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice... more The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice. Urban parks could help address increasing health concerns in the United States; however, parks tend to be inequitably distributed, and unsafe or uncomfortable routes to parks might be additional impediments to park use. We therefore seek to uncover whether low-income ethnic minority communities near a neighborhood park have less walkable routes to parks, compared to wealthier and Whiter areas. We use Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley as a case study and a street audit tool measuring walkability through microscale variables (e.g., pedestrian facilities). We find that low-income neighborhoods near parks have higher traffic volumes, fewer shade trees, and street environments that are less clean and well maintained compared to high-income areas and that similar disparities exist between ethnic minority and White communities. These inequities could deter low-income people of color, especially children, from visiting urban parks.

Community design in its pragmatist age: increasing popularity and changing outcomes

METU JFA, Jan 1, 2006

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Family structure and spatial configuration in Turkish house form in Anatolia from late nineteenth century to late twentieth century

Proceedings of the 4th International Space …, Jan 1, 2003

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Recent trends in community design: the eminence of participation

Design Studies, Jan 1, 2007

In 1969, Sherry R. Arnstein opened the discussion on redistribution of power in her famous articl... more In 1969, Sherry R. Arnstein opened the discussion on redistribution of power in her famous article &amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;A Ladder of Citizen Participation&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27; with this sentence: &amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;The idea of citizen participation is a little like eating spinach: no one is against it in principle because it is good for you&amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27; (p.216). ...

Revisiting Hampstead Garden Suburb: A (Cautionary) Tale of Spatial Determinism

Focus: Journal of the City and …, Jan 1, 2006

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An Interview with Professor Nabeel Hamdi, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford UK on

Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty …

... Year: 2006 Volume: 23 - Issue: 2. Title: An Interview with Professor Nabeel Hamdi, Oxford Bro... more

An inclusive and generative design process for sustainable urbanism: the case of Pacoima

Journal of Urbanism: International …, Jan 1, 2011

... ISSN 1754-9175 print/ISSN 1754-9183 online © 2011 Taylor &amp; Francis DOI: 10.1080/ 1754... more ... ISSN 1754-9175 print/ISSN 1754-9183 online © 2011 Taylor &amp; Francis DOI: 10.1080/ 17549175.2011.559956 http://www.informaworld.com An inclusive and generative design process for sustainable urbanism: the case of Pacoima Zeynep Toker a * and Kyriakos Pontikis b ...

SPECIAL FILE: Contemporary Interpretations of Community Design

… East Technical University Journal of the …

Women's Spatial Needs in Housing: Accomodating Gender Ideologies, Use Patterns, and Privacy

... by ZEYNEP TOKER A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State Univ... more

Best Practices from 28 Planning Program-Community Partnership Projects

Routledge eBooks, Aug 16, 2023

Housing Privacy and Community: Contradicting Cases of Cohousing and New Urbanist Developments

Women's spatial needs in housing

Learning from the Students: Aligning Sustainable Campus Design and Curriculum Development

Promoting Sustainable Development Through Participatory Design in a Small Town: Mebane, North Carolina: 2 Phase

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Walking beyond the Socioeconomic Status in an Objectively and Perceptually Walkable Pedestrian Environment

Urban Studies Research, 2015

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Miscalculated opposition of businesses to street improvements

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 2017

Women's spatial needs in housing : accommodating gender ideologies, use patterns, and privacy

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Good cities and healthy communities in the USA

Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 2012

Who has more walkable routes to parks? An environmental justice study of Safe Routes to Parks in neighborhoods of Los Angeles

Journal of Urban Affairs, 2017

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Sidewalks

Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy, 2014

Who has more walkable routes to parks? An environmental justice study of Safe Routes to Parks in neighborhoods of Los Angeles

by Alessandro Rigolon, Zeynep Toker, and Nara Gasparian

Journal of Urban Affairs, 2017

The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice... more The walkability of streets located near parks matters for public health and environmental justice. Urban parks could help address increasing health concerns in the United States; however, parks tend to be inequitably distributed, and unsafe or uncomfortable routes to parks might be additional impediments to park use. We therefore seek to uncover whether low-income ethnic minority communities near a neighborhood park have less walkable routes to parks, compared to wealthier and Whiter areas. We use Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley as a case study and a street audit tool measuring walkability through microscale variables (e.g., pedestrian facilities). We find that low-income neighborhoods near parks have higher traffic volumes, fewer shade trees, and street environments that are less clean and well maintained compared to high-income areas and that similar disparities exist between ethnic minority and White communities. These inequities could deter low-income people of color, especially children, from visiting urban parks.

Community design in its pragmatist age: increasing popularity and changing outcomes

METU JFA, Jan 1, 2006

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Family structure and spatial configuration in Turkish house form in Anatolia from late nineteenth century to late twentieth century

Proceedings of the 4th International Space …, Jan 1, 2003

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Recent trends in community design: the eminence of participation

Design Studies, Jan 1, 2007

Revisiting Hampstead Garden Suburb: A (Cautionary) Tale of Spatial Determinism

Focus: Journal of the City and …, Jan 1, 2006

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An Interview with Professor Nabeel Hamdi, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford UK on

Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty …

... Year: 2006 Volume: 23 - Issue: 2. Title: An Interview with Professor Nabeel Hamdi, Oxford Bro... more

An inclusive and generative design process for sustainable urbanism: the case of Pacoima

Journal of Urbanism: International …, Jan 1, 2011

SPECIAL FILE: Contemporary Interpretations of Community Design

… East Technical University Journal of the …

Women's Spatial Needs in Housing: Accomodating Gender Ideologies, Use Patterns, and Privacy

... by ZEYNEP TOKER A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State Univ... more

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