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

Knowledge-based development strategies play an important role in supporting local economic development of cities in the knowledge era. This paper investigates local knowledge-based urban development policies of Brisbane, Australia in its long journey to become a competitive knowledge city. The paper examines Brisbane'…

• KORAY VELİBEYOĞLU

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• ZEYNEP GÜNAY

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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

Abstract The right to the city concept has recently attracted a great deal of attention from radical theorists and grassroots activists of urban justice, who have embraced the notion as a means to analyze and challenge neoliberal urbanism. It has, moreover, drawn considerable attention from U nited N ations ( UN ) age…

• MEHMET BARIŞ KUYMULU

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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…

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• YEŞEREN ELİÇİN ARIKAN

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• OSMAN BALABAN