Critical evaluation of “adjacent areas” concept from urban growth perspective in Turkish urban planning: the case of Ankara

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Yıldırım, Sibel

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The effects of expansion of cities on the fringe area are still the common problems of several countries as well as Turkey. The main problem stemming from rapid urban growth was described as urban sprawl that has been used as waste of land, time, and natural resources. Although sprawl becomes usually unplanned, uncontrolled, and uncoordinated, it can be claimed that some local and national government policies triggers the urban sprawl by creating planned areas more than required. The growth management policies are utilized to provide a responsible balance between development and the infrastructure needed to manage the impacts of development and to control urban sprawl. Four types of urban containment techniques have been used in several countries to control urban sprawl according to fundamental purposes of “where to grow” and “where not to grow”. These are greenbelt, urban growth boundary, urban service area and adjacent area. The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the impacts of urban growth on physical development of metropolitan cities and to critically evaluate the “raison d'être” and changing meaning of adjacent areas concept in Turkish urban planning experience in a historical context. Ankara planning experiences are examined as a case study to what extent adjacent area is a functional and effective tool to control sprawl.

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City and Regional Planning.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18095

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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S. Yıldırım, “Critical evaluation of “adjacent areas” concept from urban growth perspective in Turkish urban planning: the case of Ankara,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.