URBAN TRANSFORMATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE URBAN SUSTAINABILITY: RETHINKING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN ISTANBUL AFTER 2000

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2024-9-05

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YEĞENOĞLU SEZGEN, UFUK

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After the 2000s, Turkey has undergone an increasingly accelerating phenomenon of urban transformation driven by earthquake risk, migration, and the promotion of the construction sector enforced by pressures for economic growth, and facilitated by new legal regulations. However, this transformation has predominantly manifested as a fragmented and inconsistent process, shaped by efforts of physical restructuring that focus narrowly on economic growth objectives. It lacked a comprehensive planning approach, inclusivity, and consideration of physical, social, cultural contexts. This situation has resulted in the neglect of priorities for improving existing urban fabric and addressing the sustainability goals that are prominent in contemporary urban approach. This study evaluates various urban transformation examples implemented in Istanbul since 2000, which differ in terms of scale, context, and methodology, and explores alternative transformation models that prioritize multi-dimensional sustainability. In this context, different urban transformation examples are comparatively assessed using a multi-input sustainability framework, offering insights into how future urban vi development can balance economic, environmental, and social priorities more effectively. Assuming that the urban transformation examples observed in Istanbul can serve as a model for other geographies undergoing rapid urbanization, the data and assessments from this study are anticipated to provide a foundation for an integrated transformation approach centered on a broad concept of urban sustainability.

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Urban Sustainability, Sustainable Urban Development, Sustainable Urban Transformation, Spatial Sustainability, Urban Transformation in Istanbul

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis