Indicators and scenarios for urban development and sustainability a participatory case study of Yalova

• Autores: Begüm Ozkaynak Ortakoyluoglu
• Directores de la Tesis: Giuseppe Munda (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ( España ) en 2005
• Idioma: español
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Joan Martínez Alier (presid.), Francesc Morata Tierra (secret.), Pat Devine (voc.), Ken Hanf (voc.), Tomasso Luzzati (voc.)
• Materias:
  • Ciencias económicas
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• Resumen

  • Given the continued rapid urbanization of the world's population, and hence the increased significance of urban policies on the course of sustainable development, this dissertation seeks to contribute to advances in urban and sustainability studies by introducing a methodological framework within which urban development policies can be framed and assessed in a multi-dimensional and integrated fashion. Based on a project conducted in the province of Yalova, Turkey, the study combines the scenario-building approach with participatory methods as a decision-making support to assess and discuss urban development and sustainability from economic, social and environmental perspectives.

    Besides integrating the economic, environmental, and social spheres, and given the impact of globalism on local development, the dissertation also aims at integrating the structural influences at global and national levels with local factors and social actors' choices. In this context, Yalova's alternative futures are conceived as plausible and consistent combinations of the local factors and the two key external uncertainties: globalisation, Europe, and the future of social and environmental policies on the one hand, and Turkey's relations with the EU on the other. For local driving forces, an empirical study was conducted in the province of Yalova during 2003. This consisted of 36 in-depth interviews, three focus groups, three workshops, and a survey administered to a total of 1,196 as respondents representative of the urban and rural population. Regarding the global, national and regional driving forces, various global scenario studies and documents related with the EU enlargement and policy were reviewed, and a literature review on Turkey was conducted with a focus on its potential accession to the EU, its economic growth prospects, and the environmental and social aspects of its economic development and urbanization. As such, four city-scale scenarios for Ya