Politics of urban sprawl: the case of Ankara

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Yaşar, Ceren Gamze
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The main hypothesis of this thesis is that the problem of urban sprawl, as a disorder in the growth of the cities, is not a natural result of the growth of the capitalist city but a phenomenon manipulated politically. Consequently, generally a geographically problematized phenomenon; the urban sprawl is, within this work, problematized with reference to urban politics. In the searching of the politics of urban sprawl, one of the political interventions into the urban space; the master plans has utmost importance in this work. The impact of the master plans on the sprawl of the city will be analyzed. A categorization of urban sprawl is proposed in the work, on the urban geography with reference to politics of urban sprawl. After illustrating the types of urban sprawl, the politics of urban sprawl is modeled. The political interventions of State, Metropolitan Municipality, District Municipalities, Housing Development Administration, Real Estate Agents and Rural Landowners located on the periphery is included in the model and their impact on the urban geography is evaluated. Ankara will be examined as a case in the politics of urban sprawl; her unique characteristics like being the 'planned' capital city controlled by master plans make her indispensable to study. The political interventions of the actors to the urban space of Ankara is highly visible especially considering urban sprawl in the geography of the city, yet another reason to work on.
Urbanization., Urban groups
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612492/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19981
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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C. G. Yaşar, “ Politics of urban sprawl: the case of Ankara ,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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