URBAN PLANNING

The administration and organization of urban planning Relationship management in various cities of the country is concentrated in a single organization. Plans approves of our bodies are different and sometimes quite diverse. The study analyzes the structure of urban system in the country, and identifies the different aspects influencing the performance of the urban system in the country. In this study the method is objective in nature, is analytical and descriptive. Based on the results of the research findings, we evaluated the problems of the urban and the result was that the inefficiency of the current situation nicely explains Urbanism.

Routledge eBooks, 2024

This chapter has been made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Urban planning is never a neutral practice. Contemporary urban and other scales of spatial planning were created as political instruments. Over time, they have constituted a policy field, initially as a measure to cope with the demands and consequences of industrialization in the leading capitalist countries. The academic discipline of urban planning emerged as a reaction to this complex process. This book is about the politics of planning or, more specifically, the use of spatial planning as a political instrument, a field of political practice, and a scientific discipline in relation to its function in the reproduction of society and the respective form of rule. This is one major component of a larger discussion on planning and power relations. In this volume, we define and investigate urban and spatial planning as an expression, a result, and an instrument of the continuously changing economic, political, and social determinants of spatial development. Investigating the use of planning as an instrument of political rule requires delving into the characteristics of individual cases. The methods, objectives, and legitimizing narratives vary greatly from country to country and also over time. We argue that connections between politics and space often cannot be recognized as a snapshot, but instead must be read as the result of historical events, solutions to conflicts, reactions to challenges, consequences of crises, and, finally, an expression of power and disempowerment. In dictatorships, a form of rule that was widespread in Europe in the 20th century and still is today, the figure of the ruler, is regularly defined as the central decision-making body. Again and again since 1945, architectural or urban plans as well as realizations in Nazi Germany have been explained by Hitler's traumata or megalomania, for example. Such a simplification shrouds the fact that even in dictatorships, old and new interest groups pursue their own spatial policy goals and endeavor to achieve them. In reality, the actors involved may differ greatly, as power emerges from the most diverse constellations of social, economic, or institutional interests (cf. Brenner, 2004). Initiators of planning do not always have to be professionals. This is most visible in temporary mature democracies, where not only developing companies but also civil society organizations and even citizens' initiatives use planning instruments for their interests. The declared or tacit renunciation as well as the proactive implementation of public planning interventions must be investigated as specific expressions of planning politics. The aim of this book is to capture these very different histories and realities from a spatial perspective.

Cities are common grounds which provide living environments for everyone. A sustainable living environment can exist by means of social diversity, accessibility, high spatial quality and multifunctional utilization. Istanbul is a major global city which hosts a large variety of cultures, religions, and societies because of its historical heritage. This important element is one of the main factors which contributed to the current chaotic structure of the city. Esenler district in Istanbul has rapidly gone under a serious transformation mainly caused by changes in the social structure as a result of heavy inflow of migrants and the production of a building stock of questionable quality caused by unplanned urbanization. Besides all these issues, earthquakes are another major risk factor for most of the settlements in Istanbul. Within this context, Esenler region has been chosen as an important urban transformation area in Istanbul. To achieve sustainable urbanization, an organized urban transformation emerges as a great opportunity for this part of the city. Esenler Şehir Düşünce Merkezi (Center of Urban Intelligence -CUI) is a think-tank platform for conducting urban studies bringing together academic knowledge and governmental practice with the support of Esenler Municipality. The purpose of this study is to discuss and evaluate the contribution of the center to urban sustainability in terms of structure, workflow, and functionality. Through interdisciplinary events and publications, the CUI focuses on establishing a livable and sustainable urban texture in Esenler where uncontrolled urban transformation might have unrecoverable and destructive impacts. "Spatial Sociology and Sociological Master Plan", "Urban and Social Policies", "Creating a Sustainable Habitat", "Friendly Cities Workshops" can be listed among the studies conducted by the Center. Within this context, the study aims to present guidelines for urban transformation in Esenler with the help of implementing distinct innovative studies by applying scientific and academic studies into urban practice.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016

This research is about the theoretical effectiveness form and content of the local plan as a tool for the quality of life in urban areas. There are two introductory sections of the paper. Firstly to examines the form and content of the local plans. Secondly are to relate how local plan to influence the quality of life in urban areas. The main conceptual framework of this research is to look at how far the application of the local plans can support the development in creating the quality of life. In generally, form and content of the local plan are different from local authorities and it depends on the process of preparation of local plans. According to the form of the local plans, it relates to a proposal maps, written statements,,, and report.

Modern Applied Science, 2015

Many scholars of urban studies believe that the most important factor effective on the amount of individuals' welfare is housing. Population increase of Iran and the expansion of the range of cities in Iran in recent decades cause centralization and increase in population densities in Iran and it seems that during recent years, economic policies of housing, as the interface ring for spatial planning policies of lands and urban and rural development, has been to some extent neglected by Iran's planning officials. Considering the multidimensionality of the issue of housing, for urban housing planning the intervention of different state and urban organizations is required and the lack of a comprehensive and integrated management is tangible in this issue. Regarding the domination of municipalities over internal issues of cities and also regarding geographical, political, economic and social conditions of different cities, municipalities can burden the responsibility of this is...

Zbornik radova Građevinskog fakulteta, 2018

Both urban research and planning practice lately signifficantly contributed to understanting and dealing with the phenomenon of urban shrinkage. Although affected the most by population decrease and industrial regression since the political changes in 1990, these advancements seem to have had varied influence in the former Central and Eastern Europe. The focus of this paper is thus set on the problem of signifficant population decline in the particular urban context of the Republic of Serbia that was still neither fully recognized nor adequaltly addressed. Through consideration of some international examples of strategic advancements in dealing with shrinkage (particularly of Leipzig in Germany and Detroit in the US), the aim is to draw attention to this issue, question solution transferability, as well as point out at some future perspectives for shrinking urban realm in Serbia.

Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2019

This study aims to define the importance of a sociological component in urban plans and determine its impact on the overall quality of urban documentation and subsequently on the quality of urban life. Social transformations which took place after the Second World War, new social and political order in Kosovo, within which Pristina became the main administrative city, resulted in a need for new administrative, cultural, social and other facilities, which indispensably caused development of first urban plans. The specific aim of this study is directed towards identification and determination how the General Urban Plan of Pristina from 1953 designed by Dragutin Partonic, professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade, affected important social and cultural changes of the city. Actually, this document also presents the beginning of modernization of Pristina.

Living in cities has numerous comparative advantages than living in the countryside or in small villages and towns, most notably better access to education, services and jobs. However, it is also associated with a roughly twofold increase in some mental disorders rate incidence compared with living in rural areas. Economic assessments reported a forecasted loss of more than 19 trillion dollars in global GDP between 2011 and 2030 and of around 7 trillion for the year 2030 alone when measured by the human capital method. If we exclude self-selection processes and make the hypothesis to be able to level down the mental illness rate incidence in urban areas to these of the rural by better urban-societal planning, around € 1.2 trillion could be saved yearly worldwide. Even a reduction of only 20% in urban mental illness rate would save around 260 billion dollars yearly.

2.5. 1. Master Plan 2.5. 2. Feasibility Study 2.5. 3. Detailed Design 2.6. Planning Process 2.6. 1. Flow of Planning Process 2.6. 2. Determination of Objectives 2.6. 3. Survey and Data Gathering 2.6. 4. Data Analysis 2.6. 5. Policy-Making 2.6. 6. Implementation 2.6. 7. Monitoring 3. Urban and Community Systems 3.1. Land-Use, Transportation and the Environment 3.1. 1. The City as a System 3.1. 2. Interactions between Urban System Elements 3.2. Governmental Agencies 3.2. 2. Coordination of Agencies 4. Policy Measures

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Due to building's high vulnerability and lack of necessary infrastructures for proper crisis management, the seismic hazards in these urban areas are too high. Also, in order to preparedness and risk reduction before earthquake occurrence, evaluation of vulnerability is necessary. A great earthquake causes numerous losses and damages due to locating the case study on the seismic zoning. The occurrence of natural events such as earthquake have devastating impacts on human life and caused severe losses, destroyed man-made structures and infrastructures that is followed by vast socioeconomic losses. Improper distribution of buildings, infrastructures, population and required facilities all over the city is an important reason for settlements and buildings vulnerability. Natural incidents such as earthquake cause life losses and numerous damages in various physical sites and population. In this research we have used analytic-descriptive method. Indeed we believe that we can reduce damages caused by earthquake through proper planning and designing, especially proper urban land usage. Here in order to studding the relation between land usage and urban areas vulnerability against earthquake hazards we have chosen a city called Semnan, collected necessary information, and in the following section would have surveyed ways to reduce damages caused by earthquake.