A Conceptual Overview of Urban Renewal, Historical Process in the World and Türkiye

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 287 - 304, 31.12.2024

Umut Güler

Abstract

There is an absolute cyclical relationship between urban renewal, which aims to develop better quality, safer living spaces in cities; urban sustainability, which includes basic criteria such as a healthy and enlightened society, strong economy and safe urban design; urban rights, which have an important place in ensuring sustainable urban development and development; and livability, which refers to the social, environmental and spatial characteristics and quality that affect the individual and social peace and the sense of satisfaction of being where one lives. In this study, which deals with the concept of urban renewal, the reasons for its emergence and application methods, which have been on the agenda with the natural disasters that have occurred in recent years, the historical flow and dimensions of urban renewal are examined. In addition, the historical process and the understanding of implementation in Türkiye have been revealed. In this study, historical narrative method is adopted as a method.

Keywords

Urban renewal, Urban sustainability, History, Türkiye

Kentsel Yenilemeye Kavramsal Bir Bakış, Dünya’da ve Türkiye'de Tarihsel Süreci

Abstract

Kentlerde daha kaliteli, daha güvenli yaşam alanları geliştirmeyi hedefleyen kentsel yenileme; sağlıklı ve aydın bir toplum, güçlü ekonomi ve güvenli kent tasarımı gibi temel ölçütleri içeren kentsel sürdürülebilirlik; sürdürülebilir kent gelişimleri sağlanmasında ve kalkınmasında önemli yeri olan kentli hakları; kişinin bireysel ve toplumsal huzuruna ve yaşadığı yerde olmaktan dolayı duyduğu tatmin duygusuna etki eden sosyal, çevresel ve mekânsal özellikleri ve niteliği ifade eden yaşanabilirlik arasında mutlak bir döngüsel ilişki vardır. Son yıllarda meydana gelen doğal afetler ile sürekli gündemde kalan kentsel yenileme kavramını, ortaya çıkış nedenlerini ve uygulama yöntemlerini ele alan bu çalışmada kentsel yenilemenin tarihsel akışı, boyutları incelenmiştir. Ayrıca Türkiye’deki tarihsel süreci ve uygulama anlayışı ortaya konulmuştur. Bu çalışmada yöntem olarak tarihsel anlatım metodu benimsenmiştir.

Keywords

Kentsel yenileme, kentsel sürdürülebilirlik, Tarihçe, Türkiye

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