Objective: Main purpose of this study is to identify the ruderal plant species which spontaneously grows on the wall and roof surfaces in urban and sub-urban areas due to their limited ecological needs and to contribute to the creating of the sustainable green areas in urban environments by understanding the parameters that ruderals depend on while they require little maintenance and irrigation support if not no.Material and Methods: The main material of this study is the ruderal plants which were collected from totally 60 walls and 36 roof surfaces within six districts of Trabzon city –Akçaabat, Arsin, Çaykara, Of, Ortahisar and Yomra in Turkey. From these 96 habitats, 1540 plants samples form the walls and 448 plant samples from the roofs were collected. All the plant samples collected from the research area were identified in the herbarium of the faculty of forestry in Karadeniz Technical University. Apart from this, parametres affecting coverage rate of common species on three different habitats were analysed.Results: It was found that 448 samples from the roof surfaces distributed into 61 species while 1540 samples from the walls distributed into 196 species. Plus, according to the analyses, 28species were found on all three different habitats. As a result of the observations, measurements and analyses, it is clear from the study that coverage rate of the plant species depends onanthropogenic interaction, daylight period and depth of the media but there is no relation with the number of the species on the surfaces.Conclusion: Ruderal plants are definitely important to study on, if the world wants the term sustainability to find its real meaning as they require nearly nothing to grow in hard conditions.In urban life, maintenance is getting more and more expensive for green areas in urban life and this makes it difficult for them to survive especially when cities have limited budget on this, which has often occurred all over the world recently. There is no doubt that ruderal plants offer a great opportunity for modern era urban areas with their limited needs to grow in hard conditions. Furthermore, when thinking about the fact a serious amount of the ruderal plants detected on all three basic habitats has a great landscape plant characteristics, the approaches to their usage in urban areas are really critical.

The rapid depletion of the world’s natural resources and the growing concerns about sustainability underscore the importance of environmentally friendly solutions more than ever. One such solution is green roofs, which offer numerous ecological benefits, particularly in urban areas, such as creating natural habitats, enhancing energy efficiency, and improving air quality. Recently, as access to safe food has become more challenging and economic conditions have not been that stable all over the world, the importance of green roofs has been increasing in urban areas where it is difficult to create green surfaces for many reasons, especially profit. In this context, using coffee grounds as a green roof plant growth medium and a waste product holds significant potential for waste management and sustainable agriculture. With the influence of previous researches, coffee grounds are supposed to support plant growth due to their high organic matter content and nutrient values. This study aims to support the environmental benefits and the contribution of this approach to sustainable urbanization by examining the effects of using coffee grounds on green roofs on plant development. This study assessed the growth of Fragaria ananasa and Sedum spurium in growing media comprising 20% and 50% coffee ground. In F. ananassa a reduction of 9.25–13.58% in plant height, 18.71–23.93% in the number of stolons, 1.36–40.34% in chlorophyll content, and 10.49–13.78% in plant diameter was noted in the medium containing 20% coffee ground, while an increase of 39.20-45.81% in the fruit count and 4.79–9.42% in root collar diameter was recorded in the medium devoid of coffee ground. In S. spurium, a 22.76% reduction in plant height, a 13.11% decline in chlorophyll content, a 25.26% decrease in plant diameter, and a 4.40% increase in root collar diameter were recorded in the medium containing 20% coffee ground. A medium including 50% coffee ground resulted in a 42.36% reduction in plant height, a 12.44% reduction in chlorophyll content, a 46.13% reduction in plant diameter, and a 19.10% reduction in root collar diameter. The results indicate that the impact of coffee ground on plant growth varies based on the ratio, necessitating the establishment of suitable application ratios.

Afetler sonucu doğal ve kültürel kaynakların süratle tükendiği günümüzde afet sonrası organizasyon çözümlemeleri önem taşıyan bir unsur haline gelmiştir. Bu noktada Malatya ilinde belirlenen beş açık yeşil alanın kullanıcıları ile gerçekleştirilen 150 ankette talep ve beklentileri karşılayan alan nitelikleri irdelenmiştir. Buna göre kullanıcıların ilk üç temel ihtiyacı bazı parklarda farklılaşan sonuçlar doğurmuştur. Öte yandan çalışma anket soruları Kahramanmaraş depreminden önce ve sonra yürütülen tez çalışması kapsamında benzer yanıtları ortaya çıkarmıştır. 0- 500m park ve konut arası mesafe ve bu alanlarda 0- 3 gün kalma durumu bu tercihlerden bazıları olmuştur. Ayrıca park alalarında yüksek oranda talep edilen gıda, barınma ve sağlık ihtiyaçları için parkların sahip olduğu idari merkezler bu noktada dağıtım ve depo görevi üstlenmesi belirtilmiştir. Parkların bundan sonra yürütülecek çalışmalar kapsamında altyapısı güçlendirilmiş yüksek nitelikli alan statüsüne yükseltimesinin önü açılmak istenmiştir.

Studio studies can easily be defined as the cornerstone of the discipline in departments giving architectural education. Although the educational process differs in educational institutions and among the educators, its main purpose is always to give the best experience on design process to the students and to bring together different space designs and functions with certain criteria. Although it is often stated to the contrary, it is generally difficult to get the necessary support from the social sciences in studio work. For students, considering the design with sociological data and creating a concept can be perceived as a waste of time, since the user experience cannot be observed in a project that will not be implemented in the real life and it will often create differences that cannot be measured. Dealing with form, color, and material instead can help impress teachers and other students in the studio much more easily. Students often act pragmatically and choose the method that promises them a higher score in a shorter way, as creating a charming product in studio will seem more powerful while a deep research on the sociologic and ecologic background cannot reflect themselves easily on a render. Although very different user profiles were determined for the same area at the beginning of the design process, it may cause that the resulting products cannot create enough characteristic differences in the end. The aim of this research is to examine whether the projects differ in terms of functionality regarding their different user profiles determined by the students, based on the studio work of Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Landscape Architecture within the scope of Environmental Design and Project II course. As a result of the examination, it has been determined that although the designer and customer profile are different, the morphological differences in designs are not perceived very easily, which means the methodology in the studios should be examined again.