@article{article_547623, title={INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GATED COMMUNITIES IN BEYKOZ, ISTANBUL}, journal={Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={8}, pages={1265–1276}, year={2019}, DOI={10.28948/ngumuh.547623}, author={Akbulut, Ayşe and Özçevik, Özlem}, keywords={gated community,environmental sustainability,Istanbul,Beykoz}, abstract={<span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">   The aim of this study is to investigate the
loss of natural areas because of urban expansion through gated communities, the
numbers of which are constantly increasing and to determine how the process is
developing </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> The field of the study was Beykoz, which is located
in the megacity of Istanbul, which is
home to the greatest number of gated communities in Turkey and where the first examples of gated communities
appeared </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> The transformation of forest areas was evaluated
through the examples of two different typologies that are located on the
outskirts of the city: an exclusive villa community and a private town gated
community. </span> <br /> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Nigde Omer Halisdemir University}