A new challenge for urban planning in Turkey: socio-spatial impacts of forced migration

• Main Author: Tolga Levent
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lodz University Press 2019-12-01
• Series: European Spatial Research and Policy
• Subjects: cities; forced migration; socio-spatial impacts; urban planning; resilienc
• Online Access: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/esrap/article/view/6121

In recent decades, forced migration has become a globally salient issue for both developed and developing countries. As a developing country, Turkey is a significant destination for forced migration, with more than 3.6 million Syrian immigrants. This study concentrates on the socio-spatial impacts of forced migration in Turkish cities where Syrian immigrants have been concentrated and aims to answer the question: “Does forced migration produce an urban crisis in such cities?” The study leads to a prescription about new qualities of urban planning for coping with the urban crisis through a resilience strategy.