Sima Pouya

Dr. Sima Pouya


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 June 2024 in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
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ARArman Rastkhadib
Arman Rastkhadib
AHAhmad Hami
Ahmad Hami
SPSima Pouya
Sima Pouya
The importance of urban parks for improving the quality of life of residents is becoming increasingly clear as people interact less and less with nature. Urban parks should be designed to have a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of citizens through the provision of high-quality facilities and services. Nevertheless, there are differences in the influencing factors in urban parks. Nowadays, urban parks as the lungs of cities are considered important destinations for citizens to get rid of stress and mental fatigue. Therefore, it is important to understand what factors contribute to people feeling mentally better and improving their well-being. Based on people’s experiences and opinions, the present study aims to investigate how urban parks as nature-based solutions in Marivan City, Iran, especially the green infrastructure and its elements in Shano and Zaribar Parks, contribute to respondent’s mental health and overall well-being. The necessary data for this study were collected from 277 respondents using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was randomly distributed both in person and online. The questions were categorized based on 3 indicators directly related to mental health and well-being: perceptual, visual, and functional. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling in Smart-PLS software. Results indicate that the perceptual, visual, and functional indicators in Marivan’s urban parks have a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of residents. Among these indicators, the visual indicator has shown the highest level of influence.

3 October 2016 in Mimarlık Bilimleri ve Uygulamaları Dergisi (MBUD)
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SPSima Pouya
Sima Pouya
EBElif Bayramoğlu
Elif Bayramoğlu
ÖDÖner Demi̇rEl
Öner Demi̇rEl
Yoğun kentleşme ile birlikte çocukların oyun alanları kentler arasında sıkıştırılmıştır. Çocuklar için tasarlanmış çocuk oyun alanları engelli çocukların ihtiyaç ve gereksinimlerine yönelik tasarlanmalıdır. Çünkü engelli çocukların sosyal hayata katılımları ve diğer çocuklarla sosyalleşme imkânları ancak oyun alanlarında gerçekleşir. Bu sebeple çocuk oyun alanları tüm çocuklara hizmet verecek biçimde doğa ile uyumlu tasarlanmalıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı; açık yeşil alan tasarımlarından çocuk oyun alanları ve uygulamalarında fiziksel engelli çocuklara yönelik tasarım ilkelerini tespit etmektir. Çalışma “bedensel engelli bireyler için ulaşılabilir ve kullanılabilir olmak” düşüncesi ile öncelikle çocuklara yönelik olarak hazırlanmıştır. Çocuk oyun olanaklarının engelli çocuklar açısından tasarım ilkeleri belirlenerek araştırma sonuçları ortaya konulmuştur. Engelli çocuk oyun alanlarında doğal elemanlarla (topoğrafya, hayvanlar, bitkiler, su, toprak ve kum) düzenlenen oyun aktivitelerinin çocuklar üzerinde ruhsal açıdan olumlu etkileri olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. _________________________________________________________________________ Disabled Children's Play Areas Compatible with Nature Abstract With intensive urbanization children's play areas have become compressed playgrounds across the city. Children’s playground which design for children should be designed according to disabled children's needs and requirements. Because it just takes place in the playgrounds, disabled children's participation in social life and it is opportunity to socialize with other children too. For this reason, children's playgrounds should be designed in harmony with nature and they will serve all children. The purpose of this study, to identify design principles of children's play areas and open green space under consideration orthopedic disabled children. This study also considers that "be available and accessible for the physically disabled individual" with the thought that is intended primarily for children. . With determining the design principles of children's playground for disabled children has revealed in the results of this research. Playing activities that regulated with natural elements (topography, animals, plants, water, soil and sand) in the children’s playground have positive psychological effects on disabled children.

25 December 2017 in Journal of International Social Research
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SPSima Pouya
Sima Pouya

20 December 2017 in Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty
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SDSara Demir
Sara Demir
ÖDÖner Demi̇rel
Öner Demi̇rel
En tr Aim of study: Park and playground design and their implementation with regard to disabled children are the main goals of this article. Area of stud: The Lake of Eymir /Ankara is selected as a area of study in this research. Material and Methods: In this research, the orienteering activates are evaluated through designing play spaces considering various ability and talents of the disabled children in this way, for its implementation, observation technique was applied. To perform this research, the Lake of Eymir /Ankara is selected. Four disabled children were selected as participants among the other school students. They were placed in a pre-equipped place to participate in the play. Therefore, their behaviors were observed while playing and some forms were filled out by the observers and the teachers. Main results: With preforming these kinds of activities in play grounds, it will improve children physical actions, person skills, sense of cooperation and competition, excitement, innovation. Çalışmanın amacı: Oyunların ve oyun alanlarının engelli çocuklara yönelik tasarlanması ve bunun uygulanabilmesi bu makalenin temel konusudur. Çalışma alanı: Çalışma alanı olarak Ankara’daki Eymir Gölü seçilmiştir. Materyal ve Yöntem: Bu araştırmada, özellikle farklı yeteneklere sahip engelli çocuklara yönelik ortak bir oyun alanı tasarlanarak yapılabilincek olan oryantiring çalışmaları araştırılmış ve gözlem çalışması uygulanmıştır. Bu kapsamda, çalışma alanı olarak Ankarada'ki Eymir Gölü seçilmiştir. Doğan Çağlar Engelliler Ortaokulu’ndan 4. fiziksel engelli çocuk katılımcı olarak belirlenmiş ve çocuklar için düzenlenen oyun alanında hazırlanan oryantiring oyunlarına katılımı sağlanmıştır. Oyun aşamasında yaptıkları eylemler ile tavır ve davranışlar gözlemlenmiş ve bunlar düzenlenen gözlem formu, gözlemciler tarafından kaydedilmiştir. Sonuçlar: Gözlem formu kayıtlarına göre oryantiring oyunlarının fiziksel engelli çocuklarında uygulanabilirliği belirlenmiştir. Araştırma vurguları: oryantiring oyunlarının tüm kamu ve özel oyun alanlarında yer alabileceği ve spor yapma olanağı sunarak sağlık açısından da faydalı olabileceği önerilmiştir.

31 October 2017 in TURKISH JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE
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SPSima Pouya
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Landscape design always refers to the construction of visual landscape environment, but human cognition of environment includes not only visual, but also acoustic cognition. In recent years, the soundscape was usually used as a key method to increase the sound quality in urban open spaces. Landscape factors have been considered in many previous studies in relation to sound and soundscape perception. Therefore, this aim of this research is to review the relationships between soundscape and landscape. This paper introduced the concept of soundscape, investigated sound envrionment of urban areas and explored soundscape elements and soundscape designs. In view of current sound environment features of open areas and different population groups’ preferences for different sound elements, this paper proposed soundscape design method to improve sound environment of open areas.