An Assessment On The Concept of Urban Sustainability And The Role of City Councils in Ensuring Urban Sustainability
The concept of sustainable development, as described in the 1987 Brundtland Report, is generally seen to focus on a meeting the needs of today, without risking the funds for meeting the needs of the next generations. In the report, the concept of sustainability is examined in the context of the is...
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| Language: | English |
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Strategic Public Management Journal
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Strategic Public Management Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/615941 |
| Summary: | The concept of sustainable development, as described in the 1987 Brundtland Report, is generally seen to focus
on a meeting the needs of today, without risking the funds for meeting the needs of the next generations. In the
report, the concept of sustainability is examined in the context of the issues of the poverty and dominance of
poverty on the environment, the negative effects of rapid population growth and population concentration on
the quality of life, excessive consumption of environmental resources and urban growth and the uncontrolled
spread of cities and the concept is associated with sustainable development by this way.
Urban sustainability, which aims to eliminate environmental problems and protect the ecosystem, is the
application of sustainable development to cities at the local level. At this point, local governments have
important tasks in achieving urban sustainability. In Turkey, in parallel to the changing role of local authorities
in providing urban sustainability and as a result of the Local Agenda 21 applications, mechanisms called the
city council were created.
In this study, the concepts of sustainability, sustainable development and urban sustainability will be discussed
firstly in terms of conceptual and theoretical aspects. Then, in the historical process, how these concepts have
survived in the process of development is discussed within the framework of legal texts at different levels. Then,
the structure, establishment and operation of city councils in Turkey will be examined in detail and will be
focussed on the legal basis at the national platform. Finally, the city councils’ relationship with the concepts
of sustainability, sustainable development and urban sustainability and the role of city councils in ensuring
urban sustainability will be examined.
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| ISSN: | 2149-9543 2149-9543 |