Browsing by Author "Bostanci, Seda H."

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Eco-Municipalities and Municipal Applications for Sustainability
(Igi Global, 2012) Bostanci, Seda H.
Climate change effects, losses in natural environment, limited and diminishing energy sources are great threats for the countries in ecological and social aspects. In recent years some districts in Istanbul have been badly affected by disastrous floods. Climate change might have taken part of this problem but the main reason for the case is shanty housing, and poor location of settlements nearby to riversides, and even within riverbeds. All those experiences increase the necessity of the ecological planning for the settlements and of applying the Eco-municipal model for creating healthy environments. While some phenomena provide against the sustainable development of Turkish cities, solutions will be found in projects with ecological background. The eco-municipality models and municipal applications for sustainability are criticized for not yet finding a sustainable development model for Turkish municipalities. In the improvement of the sustainable municipality concept, some common decision had been taken and defined the related standards. LA21, EMAS for municipalities, and ISO standards are the examples coming forward. The methodology is based on literature review of experiences of the eco-projects that have been made in municipalities and SWOT analyses for these projects. In Turkey, the first step has been taken in LA21 processes to adopt the eco-municipal approach in transformation. For the further steps, the need for establishing an integrated model among the different applications has been concluded.
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THE ROLE OF MUNICIPALITIES AS A TOOL IN TEACHING FOR URBAN PLANNING EDUCATION
(Stef92 Technology Ltd, 2013) Bostanci, Seda H.
Municipalities are the main application areas for urban planners in Turkey. The aim of this research is to discuss the importance and role of municipalities in the education related to urban planning. A survey for the planning students has been made for this study. In survey process, relational scanning method applying Microsoft Excel program is used. The target population of the study comprises 100 students of urban planning departments of different universities continuing their practical internships in municipalities of different cities in Turkey. The conclusion reached is that municipalities have an educative role in the professional improvement of students. But also, the political land use decision making process of the municipality is difficult to understand in the internship process.