Urban Planning and Governance

Since 2001, there has been a radical shift in the governance of urban land and housing markets in Turkey from a ‘populist’ to a ‘neo-liberal’ mode. Large ‘urban transformation projects’ (UTPs) are the main mechanisms through which a neo-liberal system is instituted in incompletely commodified urban areas. By analysing…

• ALİ TUNA KUYUCU

Abstract İstanbul has undergone a neoliberal restructuring over the past two decades. In this paper, we focus on two urban spaces that we argue to have emerged as part of this process—namely Göktürk, a gated town, and Bezirganbahçe, a public housing project. We examine these spaces as showcases of new forms of urban w…

• BİRAY KOLLUOĞLU YENAL

This paper focuses on the issue of vitality in urban public spaces, streets in particular, as a major indicator of their success. The study first provides a theoretical framework for understanding the social value and role of urban public spaces on quality of urban life; second, it discusses the essential components o…

• DERYA OKTAY

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• ÜLKE EVRİM UYSAL

In its Global Report on Human Settlements in 2009, UN-Habitat placed the challenge, and much of the cause, of the world's one billion urban dwellers who live in squatter settlements (32% of the glo...

• TOLGA İSLAM

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• ZÜBEYDE MÜGE AKKAR ERCAN

Identity has always been a popular research subject for various disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, sociology, human geography and anthropology. However, urbanization and globalization processes, which have caused a rapid change on our environments, have brought the concept of identity on the agenda of planne…

Great cities are born of and give rise to great infrastructure. Historically, city planning has been deeply rooted in infrastructure and physical planning. One of its ontological bases has been to create urban place out of space through the intermediary of infrastructure. Currently, the links between infrastructure an…

• AYŞE DUYGU KAÇAR

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• YEŞEREN ELİÇİN ARIKAN

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• OSMAN BALABAN

Abstract This is a study of Istanbul's periodic bazaars and an attempt to place them in the context of contestation over urban space, urban poverty and informality. The periodic bazaars in the city are either disappearing or being moved to the outskirts. These trends reflect and reproduce spatial unevenness in the cit…

• SADİYE MİNE EDER

Abstract Since the 1980s, the urban restructuration process has had important effects on cities. One of these is the transformation of urban residential space, which includes processes such as urban renewal and gentrification. The aim of this paper is to briefly examine three urban residential transformation processes…

• CEMİLE NİL UZUN