Planning of Eyyübiye District Center (Şanlıurfa) Using the Geodesign Method
Since the 1960s, increased rural-to-urban migration has led to overpopulated cities. Especially with the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, people were forced to seek refuge in Turkey. This situation is the factor underlying the current population in Eyyübiye district center. Moreover, the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Coğrafya Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/E08B1E8125434A308E1C4A51F477356A |
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| Summary: | Since the 1960s, increased rural-to-urban migration has led to overpopulated cities. Especially with the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, people were forced to seek refuge in Turkey. This situation is the factor underlying the current population in Eyyübiye district center. Moreover, the rapid population growth resulted in the search for new places in which to continue socioeconomic activities. These settlements created informal structures that caused distorted urbanization especially in low-income neighborhoods. This study provides proposals for urban development/change for Eyyübiye district center. Using ArcGIS, a GIS software, the study intends to determine new areas for urban development given the city’s development, population growth rate, and relationship with the natural environment. The study employed the geodesign method for ground design. The results indicated that 24 neighborhoods with 39,307 households in Eyyübiye central district, which consists of 39 urban neighborhoods requiring urban development/change. This residential area was composed of 20,038 people per km2 . The calculation suggested that the area 30.50 km2 was affordable, 7.89 km2 of the settlement marked for regulation and 22.61 km2 for priority settlement. |
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| ISSN: | 1305-2128 |