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 Volume 7, Issue 3 (March 2020), Pages: 24-36

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 Original research Paper

 Title: Evaluation of perception with regards to green wall systems application in Nicosia, N. Cyprus

 Author(s): Ola Tarboush 1, *, Buket Asilsoy 2, Çiğdem Çağnan 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Near East University, Yakın Doğu Boulevard, Nicosia, N. Cyprus
 2Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Near East University, Yakın Doğu Boulevard, Nicosia, N. Cyprus

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7931-937X

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2020.03.004

 Abstract:

Cities are exposed to rising temperatures due to the increased development of construction and the lack of green spaces etc. Materials such as concrete and asphalt absorb the heat and store it during the daytime, and then release at the night, leading to an increase in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere. This phenomenon is called an urban heat island (UHI). Therefore, the necessity of green architecture began to be well understood in the 21st century and new technologies began to be used in buildings such as “green walls”. The existing application of green wall systems can maximize the building performance and can provide outdoor and indoor comfort and wellbeing with the help of functional, environmental, social and psychological benefits of plants. In addition to the lack of green areas, there is an increase in population in northern Nicosia and intense urbanization has been experienced recently. It can be argued that there is a need for the applications of green architecture and design such as green walls etc. So, a questionnaire was conducted in order to understand residents’ suggestions about the possible implementation of green walls in the city. The data is assessed via the ‘Statistical Package for the Social Sciences’ (SPSS) program and the results displayed that participants are aware of the problems facing the city regarding human activities. In addition, they suggested that the system of green walls is an important solution to reduce air pollution, noise and temperature. They supported the application of green walls on the buildings in northern Nicosia. Thus, the application of green walls on buildings can be proposed to be a new strategy for making urban environments more sustainability-oriented in north Cyprus. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Green walls, Urban heat island, User survey, North Nicosia

 Article History: Received 27 August 2019, Received in revised form 24 December 2019, Accepted 27 December 2019

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Tarboush O, Asilsoy B, and Çağnan Ç (2020). Evaluation of perception with regards to green wall systems application in Nicosia, N. Cyprus. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 7(3): 24-36

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