This research aims to find an answer to the question of which knowledge and skills do the Turkish urban planners need in their business practice. Understanding change in cities, making a prediction, making an urban decision and putting it into practice, working together with actors from different organizations from various academic disciplines, persuading people to accept something and developi...

Nowadays there is a high rate of urban expansion which can not be ignored in proper urban management. Parallel to the urban expansion we are faced with an increase in urban problems, which will lead to complexities dealing with the urban management and planning processes. A city is a set of condensed and broad functionalities which requires handling of huge amount and diverse types of geospatia...

rapidly increasing urbanization in the world, especially in developing countries, let to increasing urban extents. rapid urban growth causes to appearance many problems such as wasting environmental resources, inability of providing necessary services for citizens and unplanned growth. urban mangers and planners need tools for understanding amount and size of future urban growths to prevent the...

Harvey and Clark,1965; Gans,1967; Jackson,1985; Mills and Hamilton, 1994) in Western countries, especially in the United States. With the development of urbanization, on the edge of cities, the conversion of land to urban use became more and more severe and was out of control, mainly due to population growth, rising house-hold incomes and transportation improvements (Mieszkowski and Mills,1993;...

Large tracts of abandoned urban land, resulting from the deindustrialization of metropolitan areas, are generating a renewed interest among city planners and community organizations envisioning the productive use of this land not only to produce fresh food but to effectively manage stormwater and mitigate the impact of urban heat islands. Healthy and productive soils are paramount to meet these...

rational knowledge-claims, consisting of theoretical propositions expressing a judgment about complex urban problems, are not new. the audiences, i.e. the public whose lives are affected by such claims, have begun to question the claims of rationality in urban planning. in response, each urban planner, believing in a particular theory or point of reference, endeavors to challenge competing theo...

Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability and improve human health and well-being. However, opportunities for creating new areas of green space within cities are often limited and tree planting initiatives may be constrained to kerbside locations. At this scal...

Abstract Urban social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) are dynamic and respond to climate pressures. Change involves alterations land resource management, social organization, infrastructure, design. Research often focuses on how change impacts urban SETS or the characteristics of that promote resilience. Yet passive approaches adaptation may disregard active by residents, planners, poli...

Complex situations of today's life have led to the complexity of urban life issues and not pay attention to the quality of life. Studies in this field are increasingly gaining the attention of urban planners and policymakers due to its usefulness in assessing and monitoring public policies, also they can use as effective tools in urban management and planning. This study investigated the QOL in...