Urban Quality of Life from the Perspective of Industrial Migration: Bursa Inegol Huzur Neighbourhood

Year 2025, Volume: 29 Issue: 1, 83 - 99, 28.02.2025

Miray Gür , Ezgi Koyun

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1560385

Abstract

Aside from its numerous beneficial impacts, the Industrial Revolution has also resulted in environmental issues and the unchecked expansion of urban populations. The allure of enhanced employment prospects, educational opportunities, and improved access to healthcare facilities, particularly in urban areas, has emerged as a compelling incentive for individuals residing in rural regions, prompting a surge in migration towards cities. The influx of people moving to metropolitan areas has resulted in the unchecked expansion of cities and the emergence of detrimental urban settings. Slums and haphazard urbanization are tangible illustrations of detrimental urban environments. Urban planners, architects, and researchers in related fields are studying the urban quality of life (QoL) to address the problems caused by migration and unplanned urbanization. They aim to identify and improve these issues, as well as to prepare for potential future threats. The study's objective is to assess the urban QoL in the Huzur Neighborhood. This area has experienced distorted urbanization due to migration in the outskirts of the Inegöl district of Bursa. The neighbourhood has developed primarily due to the furniture industry. The evaluation will be based on the opinions of residents living in the Huzur Neighborhood and on-site observations of the physical environment. Physical environment observation pertains to examining the living environment and public amenities in the local community. The in-depth interview consisted of 18 questions categorized under demographic structure, accessibility and transportation, satisfaction and feeling of belonging, security, expectation, and environment. According to the findings, the urban QoL is negatively affected as a result of unhealthy housing conditions, infrastructure deficiencies, idle building density and environmental pollution, inadequate public transportation and parking, inefficient public services, socio-physical elements that threaten physical and social security in the settlement formed as a result of industrial migration. Within the scope of conclusions and recommendations, the results of the study are summarized and recommendations for future studies are developed.

Keywords

Industrial migration, Urban quality of life, Quality of life, Environmental health, Unplanned urbanization

References

• E. Güreşçi, “Reflections of Migration from Village to City in Village and City: An Evaluation on Akpınar Village”, Journal of Social and Human Sciences, vol. 2, pp. 47-55, 2010.
• H. Candan, E. Oktay, İ. Sürmeli, “The Effect of Industrialisation and Migration on Urban Plans: The Case of Karaman”, International Journal of Social Research, vol. 11, issue 60, 2018.
• C. Kaymal, “Cultural Consequences of Rural to Urban Migration: Squatting and Arabesque”, Ulakbilge Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 1499-1519, 2017.
• F. Engels, “The Condition of the English Working Class”, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975.
• R. Marans, R. J. Stimson, “Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research”, Springer, 2011.
• J. C. Dissart, S. C. Deller, “Quality of Life in the Planning Litterature”, Journal of Planning Literature, pp. 135-161, 2000.
• Ö. Yakın İnan, N. Özdemir Söznmez, “Development of Urban Quality of Life Measurement Methods”, International Journal of Economics, Politics, Humanities & Social Sciences, vol. 2, issue 3, 2019.
• M. Pacione, “Quality of Life Research in Urban Geography”, Urban Geography, pp. 314-339, 2013.
• M. Çoban, Quality of Life in Slums in Turkey (Hatay Example), MA dissertation, Dept. Social Sci., Mersin Univ., Mersin, 2018.
• E. Saleh, H. Gomaa, “Community Development Within Slums' Illumination: A Post Occupancy Evaluation Study of Al-Asmarat Project Inhabitants”, Journal of Al-Azhar University Engineering Sector, vol. 17, issue 67, pp. 684-697, 2022.
• N. Zainal, G. Kaur, J. Khalili, “Housing Conditions and Quality of Life of the Urban Poor in Malaysia”, Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences, vol. 50, pp. 827-838, 2012.
• United Nations. (2018, May 16). 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects. [Online]. Available: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/
• E. Psatha, A. Deffner, Y. Psycharis, “Defining the quality of urban life: Which factors should be considered?”, European Regional Science Association 51st European Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2011.
• The WHOQOL Group, “The World Health Organisation quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Position paper from the World Health Organisation”, Social Science & Medicine, vol. 41, pp. 1403-1409, 1995.
• E. J. Randall, A. M. Williams, “Urban Quality of Life: An Overview”, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 10, pp. 167-173, 2001.
• M. R. Greenberg, “Improving Neighbourhood Quality: A Hierarchy of Needs”, Housing Policy Debate, vol. 10, pp. 601-624, 1999.
• K. Lovejoy, S. Handy, P. Mokhtarian, “Neighbourhood Satisfaction in Suburban Versus Traditional Environments: An Evaluation of Contributing Characteristics in Eight California Neighbourhoods”, Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 97, pp. 37-48, 2010.
• H. D. Türkoğlu, “Resident's Satisfaction of Housing Environments: The Case of Istanbul, Turkey”, Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 39, pp. 55-67, 1997.
• C. Geray, “Urban Quality of Life and Municipalities”, Turkish Administrative Journal, iss. 421, pp. 323-345, 1998.
• F. Sapancalı, Urban Quality of Life from a Social Perspective, Izmir: Altın Nokta Press and Publication, 2009. E. Torunoğlu, “Urbanisation, Environmental Problems and Urban Life Quality” in Ve Kirlendi Dünya, Ankara: Öteki Press, 1997.
• C. S. Shafer, B. K. Lee, S. Turner, “A tale of three greenway trails: user perceptions related to quality of life”, Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 49, pp. 163-178, 2000.
• R. Veenhoven, “The Four Qualities of Life: Ordering Concepts and Measures of the Good Life”, Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 1, pp. 1-39, 2000.
• J. N. Erzen, Environmental Aesthetics, Ankara: METU Publishing, 2006.
• R. W. Marans, “Quality of Urban Life Studies: An Overview and Implications for Environment-Behaviour Research”, in Asia Pacific International Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies, North Cyprus: Famagusta, 2011, pp. 9-22.
• R. W. Marans, W. Rodgers, Towards an Understanding of Community Satisfaction, New York: Halsted Press, 1975.
• A. Campbell, P. E. Converse, W. L. Rodgers, The quality of American life: Perceptions, evaluations and satisfactions, New York: Russel Sage, 1976.
• R. McCrea, “Urban Quality of Life: Linking Objective Dimensions and Subjective Evaluations of the Urban Environment”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. Planning and Architecture, Univ. of Queensland, Australia, 2007.
• R. Andelman, R. Board, L. Carman, B. Cummins, A. Ferris, P. Friedman, A. Michalos, J. Samli, S. Shapiro, J. Sirgy, J. Vitterso, R. Veenhoven, Quality of life definition and terminology: A discussion document from the International Society of Quality of Life Studies, The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 1998.
• M. Pacione, “Urban Environmental Quality and Human Wellbeing - A Social Geographical Perspective”, Landscape and Urban Planning, vol. 65, pp. 19-30, 2003.
• M. Polat, “Socio-Cultural and Economic Life in İnegöl in the XIXth Century According to Archival Records”, Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Islamic History and Arts, Uludag Univ., Bursa, 2017.
• M. M. Yüceşahin, “Urban Settlements of İnegöl District in terms of Urbanisation Process”, Journal of Geographical Sciences, vol. 1, pp. 75-95, 2003.
• E. H. Peker, “A Nostalgic Stroll in Inegol, this is Our Story”, Bursa İnegöl: İnegöl Municipality Culture and Art Services, 2017.
• Inegöl Wood Industry Museum (2014, Dec. 14), Inegol Municipality Woodworking Museum Archive Records [Online]. Available: https://www.inegolmobilyamuzesi.gov.tr/tr/Home/
• Inegöl City Museum, Inegol Municipality City Museum Introduction Book, Bursa İnegöl, 2009.
• S. Coşkun, “Increasing Export Potential in the Furniture Industry: The İnegöl Example”, MA Dissertation, Dept. of International Business and Trade, Uludag Univ., Bursa, 2019.
• Turkey Ministry of Trade (2021), Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade Furniture Sector Report, General Directorate of Export, Department of Mining, Metal and Forest Products [Online]. Available: https://ticaret.gov.tr/data/5b87000813b8761450e18d7b/Mobilya%20Sekt%C3%B6r%20Raporu%202021.pdf
• W. A. Clark & J. L. Onaka, “Life Cycle and Housing Adjustment as Explanations of Residental Mobility”, Urban Studies, vol. 20, pp. 47-57, 1983.
• S. K. Erdoğan, G. Birol, “Home” and Place Attachment in the Novel of Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları”, Afyon Kocatepe University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 23, pp. 1567-1580, 2021.
• J. J. Potter, R. Cantarero, X. W. Yan, S. Larrick, H. Keele, B. E. Ramirez, “How Does Immigration Impact on the Quality of Life in a Small Town?” in Housing, Space and Quality of Life, R. García-Mira, D. L. Uzzell, J. E. Real, and J. Romay, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2005, pp. 85-91.
• Inegol Municipality (2020, July 10), Inegol Municipality. Transportation to Inegol [Online]. Available: https://www.inegol.bel.tr/inegol/inegole-ulasim/
• H. Türkoğlu, F. Bölen, P. K. Baran, R. W. Marans, “Measuring Quality of Life in Istanbul”, ITU Journal of Architecture Planning Design, vol. 7, pp. 103-113, 2008.
• A. L. Alvarez & D. Müller-Eie, “Neighbourhood Conditions and Quality of Life Among Local and Immigrant Population in Norway”, International Journal of Community Well-Being, vol. 5, pp. 753-776, 2022.
• B. Nafizoğlu, “Urban Quality of Life and Walkability Experience on Alanya”, MA Dissertation, Inst. of Sci. and Techn. Dept. of Architecture, İstanbul Kültür University, İstanbul, 2016.
• L. G. N. Orozco, D. Deritei, A. Vancso, O. Vasarhelyi, “Quantifying Life Quality as Walkability on Urban Networks: The Case of Budapest”, in Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII, H. Cherifi, S. Gaito, J. Mendes, E. Moro, L. Rocha, Springer, Cham, 2019, pp. 905-918.
• E. Dumbaugh, “Safe Streets, Livable Streets”, Journal of the American Planning Association, vol. 71, pp. 283-300, 2005.
• N. R. Kapoor, J. Tegar, “Human Comfort Indicators Pertaining to Indoor Environmental Quality Parameters of Residental Buildings in Bhopal”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), vol. 5, pp. 1744-1750, 2018.
• M. Frontczak, R. V. Andersen & P. Wargocki, “Construction and Analysis of a Composite Quality of Life Index for a Region of South Africa”, Social Indicator Research, vol. 50, pp.887-930, 2012.
• T. Greying, F. Tregenna, “Construction and Analysis of a Composite Quality of Life Index for a Region of South Africa”, Social Indicator Research, vol. 131, pp. 887-930, 2017 A. Yulu, “Slum Areas of South East Asia: The Case of Manila, Philippines”, Turkish Geographical Review, vol. 77, pp. 171-182, 2021.
• Z. Yener, K. Arapkirlioğlu, “European Urban Charter (Translation), Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Directorate of Local Administrations Publication, Ankara, 1996.
• C. Ambrey, C. Fleming, “Public Greenspace and Life Satisfaction in Urban Australia”, Urban Studies, vol. 51, pp. 1290-1321, 2014.
• T. Salihoğlu, H. Türkoğlu, “Housing Environment and Urban Quality of Life”, Megaron, vol. 14, pp. 203-217, 2019.
• S. Öztürk, Z. Özdemir, “The Effect of Urban Open and Green Spaces on Quality of Life; Kastamonu Example”, Kastamonu University Journal of Faculty of Forestry, vol. 13, pp. 109-116, 2013.