Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Innovation in Architecture, Planning and Design (SIAP2024), Ankara, Türkiye, Nov 09, 2024

SETSCI Conference Proceedings, 2024, 20, Page (s): 182-186 , https://doi.org/10.36287/setsci.20.23.182

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Walkability is a concept that enhances urban quality by promoting pedestrian-friendly environments and providing individuals with better living spaces. Recently, it has become a systematic and interdisciplinary research area that is extensively addressed within urban planning and design studies. A review of studies on walkability in national and international literature reveals that, on a national scale, systematic studies examining this concept are limited. This study aims to identify how the concept of walkability, examined through various bibliometric analyses on an international scale, is addressed at a national level. The bibliometric analysis method was chosen to quantitatively examine theses focused on the concept of walkability and to provide an overall view of the research topic. To this end, theses available in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) were searched using the keywords "walkability," "walkable," "walking," "pedestrian," and "pedestrian movement." This approach enabled the identification of studies directly addressing the concept of walkability, as well as those focusing on the subject even if these terms were not present in the title. The selected theses were then analyzed through bibliometric analysis to detail how the concept of walkability has evolved and been addressed over time on a national scale.

Keywords - Walkability, Perceived Walkability, Pedestrian, Bibliometric Analysis, Graduate Theses

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