This section of our website provides journal articles on various aspects of Cypriot settlements. The articles are classified
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Cities and Urban Spaces
Title of Article: " Overall Quality of Urban Life and Neighborhood Satısfaction :
A Household Survey in the Walled City of Famagusta "
Authors: Oktay, D. and Marans, R.W.
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 35, Issue 3 , September 2010, pp 27-36
Title of Article: " An Analysis and Review of the Divided City of Nicosia , Cyprus, and
New perspectives "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: GEOGRAPHY, Vol 92, Issue 3, 2007, pp 231-247.
Title of Article: " Revitalizing a Declaning Historic Urban Quarter : The Walled City of
Famagusta, North Cyprus "
Authors: Hoşkara, Ş., Doratlı, N., Oktay, B., Faslı, M.
Journal Info: JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING RESEARCH, Vol 24, Issue 1,
Spring 2007, pp 65-88.
Title of Article: " An Analytical Methodology for Revitalization Strategies in Historic Urban
Quarters: A Case Study of the Walled City of Nicosia, North Cyprus "
Authors: Doratlı, N., Hoşkara, Ş., Faslı, M.
Journal Info: CITIES, Vol 21, Issue 4, August 2004, pp 329-348
Title of Article: " Urban Design for Sustainability: A Study on the Turkish City "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD
ECOLOGY, Vol 11, Issue 1, March 2004, pp 24-35.
Title of Article: " The Quest for Urban Identity in the Changing Context of the City :
Northern Cyprus "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: CITIES, Vol 19, Issue 4, 2002, pp 31-41.
Title of Article: " The Urban Problems of Gazimagusa (Famagusta) and Proposals for the
Future"
Authors: Hoşkara, Ş., Dağlı, D.,
Journal Info: CITIES, Vol 16, Issue 5, 1999 Fall, pp 333-351.
Title of Article: " Urban Spatial Patterns and Local Identity: Evaluations in A Cypriot Town "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 23, Issue 3, March 1998, pp 17-23.
Housing Environments
Title of Artıcle: " Determinants of Neighborhood Satisfaction Among Local Residents and
International students: A Case Study in Famagusta, N.Cyprus "
Authors: Oktay, D. , Rüstemli, A. and Marans, R.W.
Journal Info: JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING RESEARCH, Vol 29, Issue 3,
Autumn 2012, pp 224-240.
Title of Article: " Overall Quality of Urban Life and Neighborhood Satısfaction :
A Household Survey in the Walled City of Famagusta "
Authors: Oktay, D. and Marans, R.W.
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 35, Issue 3 , September 2010, pp 27-36
Title of Article: " A Theoretical Approach for Assessing Sustainability in Housing
Environments ”
Authors: Oktay, B. , Hoşkara, E , Hoşkara, Ş
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 35, Issue 1, 2010, pp 26-36.
Title of Article: " Place attachment in a foreign settlement "
Authors: Boğaç, C
Journal Info: ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, Vol 29, Issue 2, June 2009, pp 267-278.
Title of Article: " Neighbourhood Satisfaction, Sense of Community and Attachment : Inital
Findings from Famagusta (Gazimagusa) Quality of Life Study ”
Authors: Oktay, D. , Rüstemli, A. and Marans, R.W.
Journal Info: ITU A/Z JOURNAL, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2009, pp 6-20.
Title of Article: " Legal Frameworks and Housing Environments in North Cyprus "
Authors: Hoşkara, Ş., Cavusoglu, B., Öngül, Z
Journal Info: METU JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE, Vol 26, Issue 1, 2009 , pp 81-100.
Title of Article: " In Pursuit of Humane and Sustainable Housing Patterns on the
Island of Cyprus ”
Authors: Oktay, D. and Pontikis, K.
Journal Info: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD
ECOLOGY, Vol 15, Issue 3, 2008, pp 179-188.
Title of Article: " Suitable Roof Constructions for Warm Climates - Gazimagusa Case " Authors: Ozdeniz, M,B. and Hancer, P. Journal Info: ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, Vol 37, Issue 6, June 2005, pp 643- 649.
Title of Article: " Design with the Climate in Housing Environments : An Analysis in
Northern Cyprus "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT, Vol 37, Issue 10, 2002, pp 1003- 1012.
Title of Article: " Dwellers' Responses On Meaning and Use of Residential Open
Spaces: Northern Cyprus "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 25, Issue 2, June 2000, pp 31- 41
Title of Article: " The Significance of Global Design in Creation of Social Life in Urban
Neighborhoods "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: HOUSING SCIENCE, Vol 23, Issue 1, 1999, pp 37-47.
Title of Article: " Effects of Green Spaces on the Ecological Quality of Housing
Settlements "
Authors: Oktay, D.
Journal Info: EKISTICS, Vol 65, Issue 391/392/393 (Triple issue), 1998, pp 283-291.
Title of Article: " Analysis of Residential Outdoor Spaces in Cypriot Towns "
Authors: Oktay, D. and Önal, Ş.
Journal Info: OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL, Vol 23, Issue 1, March 1998, pp 22-31.