Regeneration, heritage and sustainable communities in Turkey : challenges, complexities and potentials /

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Author / Creator:	Akkar Ercan, Müge, author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource ( xv, 274 pages.)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge research in planning and urban design Routledge research in planning and urban design.
Subject:	Urban renewal -- Turkey -- Istanbul. Sustainable urban development -- Turkey -- Istanbul. City planning -- Turkey -- Istanbul. Historic preservation -- Turkey -- Istanbul. City planning. Historic preservation. Sustainable urban development. Urban renewal. Turkey -- Istanbul.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12310361

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ISBN:	9781315385983 1315385988 9781315385976 131538597X 9781315385969 1315385961 9781315385952 1315385953 9781138230408
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Müge Akkar Ercan is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture at Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. Her research focuses on urban design, public space, urban regeneration and conservation, and sustainable community development. She has mainly published on the topics of public spaces of post-industrial cities in Britain and Turkey, and on urban regeneration and sustainable community development in historic neighbourhoods in Turkey. She holds a PhD in Urban Design from Newcastle University, UK, a BScin City and Regional Planning, and MSc in Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments from METU. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2020).
Other form:	Print version: Akkar Ercan, Müge. Regeneration, heritage and sustainable communities in Turkey Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9781138230408

Table of Contents:

Introduction
'Sustainability, community' as an evolving notion
A relational understanding of regeneration in hertiage georgraphies : sustainability, community needs and governance
Sustainability, community needs and governance in the regeneration policy agenda of Turkey
While making Istanbul a global city, what has happened in the heritage geographies?
A 'demolished community' in Sulukule
A 'transforming community' in the Fener and Balat
'Self-motivated and governing community' in Kuzguncuk
Challenges, complexities and potentials of regenerating historic neighbourhoods and building sustainable communities in Istanbul
Conclusions : is sustainable community development possible or a dream in Turkey?
List of translations
Index.

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