AN EXAMPLE TO BEING RESEARCHED OF URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY CONTEXT IN TURKEY ESKISEHIR KARAPINAR URBAN TRANSFORMATION AND PREVENTION OF SQUATTER PROJECT

ŞENSOY G., KOCA G.

2nd International Conference on Energy and Environment - Bringing together Engineering and Economics (ICEE), Guimaraes, Portugal, 18 - 19 June 2015, pp.737-744 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Guimaraes
  • Country: Portugal
  • Page Numbers: pp.737-744
  • Keywords: Squatter, Urban Transformation, Social Sustainability
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

After industrial revolution, raise in the immigration to city centers caused squatter problem in out of the city that increased rapidly. Urban fabric had nonhomogenous view as new settlements that built with new technological developments and the other settlements that built by human with their own opportunities. Urban transformation projects became important to prevent this problem that caused degeneration in urban fabric. Although urban transformation projects are positive about saving back the degenerated areas to the city, it couldn't be successful because of not being inconvenience for the social sustainability criterion.