Kentsel sürdürülebilirlikte toplumsal dayanişma ve bütünleşme kültürü: Izmir üzerine bir araştirma
Culture of Social Solidarity and Integration in Urban Sustainability: A Research on İzmir

Summary/Abstract: In the 21st century, which is referred to as the century of cities, the fact that cities face a growth trend that is considerably higher than their capacity has made cities the center of many porblems environmental degradation, energy problem, food shortage, air and water pollution , as well as poverty, inequality and exclusion. In this process, urban sustainability has emerged as an approach which handles sustainability in urban scale and aims to make cities become more livable, fair and inclusive living spaces. Urban sustainability, which is the subject of the study, is seen as a very important effort in leaving future generations livable cities. In order to achieve urban sustainability with its economic, physical, managerial, environmental and social dimensions, decisive steps which take all these dimensions into account are needed. However, it is observed that the social dimension of urban sustainability remains relatively backward. For this reason, the aim of the study is to illuminate the social dimension which is thought to be relatively backward and to put forth how the social solidarity and integration level is perceived by fellow citizens in the case of İzmir. The field study was conducted exclusively for the city of İzmir in the stated context and the results coming out of the research.

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