- A Participatory Spatial Planning Process: The Case of Bursa, Turkey  279 kb |
by Turkoglu, Handan & Usun, Murat & Koçak Güvener, Uluay | uguvener@gmail.com  |
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| Short Outline |
| The city of Bursa (Turkey) has adopted a participatory strategic planning approach for the spatial planning process. In this paper an experience of sustainable strategic planning of Bursa will be presented. |
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| Abstract |
| Spatial planning is a process of shaping places where people live and work and the settlements we live in (PPS 12, 2008). It aims to produce a vision for the future of settlements within the framework of national policy and regional strategies translate this vision into a set of priorities, programmes, policies, and land allocations together with the public sector resources and create a framework for private investment, coordinate the public sector components of this vision with other agencies and processes, create a framework to reduce the effect of climate change; and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development. It goes beyond traditional land use planning to bring together and integrate policies for the development and use of land with other policies and programmes which influence the nature of places and how they function. This includes policies which can impact on land use by influencing the demands, needs for development. The city of Bursa (Turkey) has adopted a participatory strategic planning approach for spatial planning process. Greater Bursa Municipality has established a planning team* who is representative of different sectors and themes . The planning team has been working on providing information and directing study groups. In this paper an experience of sustainable strategic planning of Bursa will be presented. *Planning team consist a group of approximately 100 people who is working on several sectors and themes. The head of sectors and themes are; Regional Evaluation (G.Erkut), Protection of Natural Heritage(A.C. Yıldızcı, E. Aksoy, E.Yüzer), Protection of Cultural Heritage (N.Z. Gulersoy), Industrial Sector (M.Ocakci and C.Giritlioğlu,), Service and Tourism Sector (H.Ciraci and F.Gezici), Housing, Social Facilities and Quality of Life (F.Bolen and H.Turkoglu), Socio-demographic Characteristics (M.Güvenç), Transportation, Infrastructure, Logistics and Energy (H.Gerçek), Urban Risks (H.Turkoglu, R.Karagüzel, F.Karaer), Governance (A.Ataov, S.Osmay, M,Usun, A.Işık, U.Guvener) |
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| Keywords |
| Bursa participieted planning |
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| Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2012: Fast Forward: Planning in a (hyper) dynamic urban context |
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