Ebru Ersoy

Academic Qualifications

2005- 2008 M.Sc. Degree Ege University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Landscape Architect, Izmir/Turkey
2000–2005 Bachelor’s Degree Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Program of Landscape Architecture, Izmir/Turkey
2010-2013 PhD the University of Sheffield, Department of Landscape

Background

I am a Turkish PhD student in the Department of Landscape, at the University of Sheffield. During my undergraduate dissertation, I had the opportunity of studying on issues and possible solutions of Environmental Impact Assessment applications in Turkey. Then, for my post graduate research I carried out a study on the Mapping Ecologically Important Biotopes in Aliağa (İzmir/Turkey) Coastal Zone by Using Satellite Imagery. Before transferring my career focus to an academic PhD programme, I had been working as Product Development Engineer (Marketing and Design Group) in Çukurova-SCA Kaplamin Packaging.

PhD Research

PhD Research Title

“An Integrated Approach to Enhancing Ecological Connectivity in Urban Areas: a case study of Sheffield, UK.”
My research seeks to create a better understanding of the relationships between ways of defining ecological and green networks, using Sheffield as a case study, and their functioning as mechanisms for delivering biodiversity, by examining different approaches to network definition and design from the perspective of planners, conservationists, and the organisms which create the biodiversity. Such an understanding of different planning and scientific approaches is crucial in both social and ecological sense, if we intend to maximise the effectiveness of those networks being preserved in, or planned into urban areas.

In this content, the objectives of this research are:

1. To analyse current approaches to defining green and ecological networks in urban areas, as used by planners and conservation organisations, and identify the criteria according to which spaces and their associated habitats are included in a route of connectivity.

2. To develop methods for deriving the potential routes of connectivity from underlying land use and habitat data, using objective criteria, such as potential habitat use by organisms or accessibility to the public, and contrast these networks with each other and those above.

3. To analyse the relationship between the structural properties of the routes of connectivity derived above and the urban land uses and morphologies in which they occur, with a view to predicting the implications for ecological connectivity and use by members of the public.

PhD Supervisors
Anna Jorgensen (University of Sheffield, Department of Landscape)
Philip H. Warren (University of Sheffield, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences)

Areas of Interest

My background is in Landscape Architecture and now focused on landscape ecology that would help me to understand the interactions and relationships between the structure and function of different landscape components at different scales. I am a member of International Association for Landscape Ecology UK (IALE UK) that keeps me up-to-date with new perspectives in this area and keeps me advised of inter-disciplinary research across several fields and from different countries.