UNDERSTANDING URBAN REGENERATION IN TURKEY
In Turkey, rapid population growth, informal settlements, and buildings and infrastructures vulnerable to natural hazards are seen as the most important problems of cities. Particularly disaster risk cannot be disregarded, as large parts of various cities are facing risks from earthquakes, floods an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-06-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLI-B4/669/2016/isprs-archives-XLI-B4-669-2016.pdf |
| Summary: | In Turkey, rapid population growth, informal settlements, and buildings and infrastructures vulnerable to natural hazards are seen as
the most important problems of cities. Particularly disaster risk cannot be disregarded, as large parts of various cities are facing risks
from earthquakes, floods and landslides and have experienced loss of lives in the recent past. Urban regeneration is an important
planning tool implemented by local and central governments in order to reduce to disaster risk and to design livable environments for
the citizens. The Law on the Regeneration of Areas under Disaster Risk, commonly known as the Urban Regeneration Law, was
enacted in 2012 (Law No.6306, May 2012). The regulation on Implementation of Law No. 6306 explains the fundamental steps of the
urban regeneration process. The relevant institutions furnished with various authorities such as expropriation, confiscation and
changing the type and place of your property which makes urban regeneration projects very important in terms of property rights.
Therefore, urban regeneration projects have to be transparent, comprehensible and acceptable for all actors in the projects. In order to
understand the urban regeneration process, the legislation and projects of different municipalities in Istanbul have been analyzed. While
some steps of it are spatial data demanding, others relate to land values. In this paper an overview of the urban regeneration history
and activities in Turkey is given. Fundamental steps of the urban regeneration process are defined, and particularly spatial-data
demanding steps are identified. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |