The purpose of this volume is to extend our thinking about social capital as a framework for unde... more The purpose of this volume is to extend our thinking about social capital as a framework for understanding a range of socioeconomic behaviors and circumstances for which the traditional neo-classical economic model has limited explanatory value. We are especially interested in the role that social capital plays in the development process, in economies where missing or informal markets and unenforceable contracts may be common. Social capital theory and network analysis contribute to our understanding of the development process and improved well-being. Social capital analysis illustrates the economic value in relationships and collective activities. Social networks, a proxy for social capital, allows us to observe and map the resources embedded in social connections. Networks that are outcomes of social capital may reduce transactions costs, stimulate backward and forward linkages and provide a channel for new information and technology. Networks provide the foundation for collective action and may also create economies of scale furthering the well-being of resource constraint communities. This collection of papers examines the various ways social capital may relax or create binding constraints and influence economic and social well-being. If social capital is able expand in communities where formal markets such as credit, information, labor are constrained, does this trigger change in the structure of the local economy, leading to adoption of new productive activities or techniques, more formal rules or standard operating procedures and as such contribute to more inclusive and The idea for this special issue is an output of an international workshop titled "Social Capital and Rural Development" on March 22-23, 2018 in İzmir, Turkey. The workshop is funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey under the program whose aim is to foster bilateral academic collaboration between Turkish and US academics (2223D). We would like to thank TUBITAK for providing travel and organization funds for the workshop.
Rent prices have a strong relationship with economic factors in addition to the structural and en... more Rent prices have a strong relationship with economic factors in addition to the structural and environmental characteristics of housing stocks. Previous research demonstrated that impacts of unexpected and sudden circumstances such as war and epidemics on urban housing markets relate to their effects on the economy. Following the first COVID-19 case in Turkey, which was officially announced on 11 March 2020, changes in both housing preferences and economic structure have significantly affected the rental housing market due to the pandemic conditions. To highlight challenges in the rental housing market, this study addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced rental housing prices in 81 provinces of Turkey using the big data set of Endeksa, a private real-estate platform in Turkey. The data set was descriptively analyzed through four main periods identified on the basis of changing COVID-19 pandemic regulations and implementations in Turkey. Average rent prices of Turkish provinces during the identified periods were compared using ArcGIS 10.6. to show how private rent prices changed during the pandemic. The findings demonstrated that the unit rent prices generally increased from March 2020 to December 2021 throughout the whole country. Furthermore, the findings highlighted that while metropolitan cities have the highest unit rent price, the highest rent price rise occurred in provinces located in Central and Eastern Anatolia. This study contributes to the literature on how sudden shocks such as pandemics affect rent prices in free rental markets. In addition, it shows how the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental housing market differ from country to country by revealing the increasing trends in Turkey.
International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2016
Functional zoning of Akcakoca District located along the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey is ach... more Functional zoning of Akcakoca District located along the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey is achieved by implementing the ‘Methodology for Spatial Planning for the Coastal Zone’ developed by European Union for coastal areas. The aim of applying the methodology was to realize functional zoning of the district that will eventually lead to spatial planning. In this technique, a typical base map at an appropriate scale and thematic layers are prepared for each of the environmental components for further analyses. The possibility to overlap different layers according to a specified procedure and to realize new theme mapping is a considerable factor while using GIS for the functional zoning. Identical grading system has been applied to each layer formed in order to achieve the overall importance and vulnerability maps of especially the natural components of the district. Functional zoning map is further developed through comparing different layers and current land-use information obtai...
Multinational economic aspects of globalization have led certain cities to become so-called “worl... more Multinational economic aspects of globalization have led certain cities to become so-called “world cities ” or “global cities”. In this process cities, particularly metropolises which are the arenas of global interaction, have redefined the conditions and the processes of regional and local developments and have regenerated the new infrastructural conditions of the global economy while seeking to identify their advantages, assets and power to compete with other cities. Istanbul, which is one of the largest metropolises of the world, is in a similar transformation process with the other metropolises. The city has been affected from the globalization process due to its geographical and strategic location, historical and cultural assets, dynamism and functional capacities. While the emergence of new development modes such as foreign direct investments and attractiveness of the service sector has been observed in the socio-economical and spatial aspects at the national and local level, ...
Collaborative and Integrated Watershed Management (CIWM) is one of the major alternatives that em... more Collaborative and Integrated Watershed Management (CIWM) is one of the major alternatives that emerged as a part of the trend towards more holistic and participatory approaches to natural resource management. CIWM has evolved throughout the years, influenced by the different ecological, social, economic, institutional and political context in which this approach has been implemented. The present paper addresses the Beyşehir Lake Basin (BLB) which is the largest freshwater lake in Turkey to investigate the critical success factors in CIWM. What is the crucial problem of the BLB? What is the most appropriate watershed management strategy that enables ecological and socio-cultural sustainability of the basin? How much important to take most advantage of the basin's Strengths and Opportunities or to reinforce most the Weaknesses and develop the best defense to the Threats? To answer these questions from the point of experts' views related with the basin, the paper offers a syste...
This paper aims to provide a brief review of the much neglected ‘dark side’ of social capital. To... more This paper aims to provide a brief review of the much neglected ‘dark side’ of social capital. To highlight the contextual nature of social capital by way of examples from different geographies, we draw attention to the potentially detrimental effects associated with the concept. A significant body of literature addresses the advantages of being connected to various types of social bridges and bonds. While emphasising the ‘bright side’ of social capital, that literature pays limited attention to the negative attributes of social ties and their potentially detrimental effects on a number of social and economic outcomes. Although it is not reasonable to establish a dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ social capital, it is possible to conceptualise such negative attributes in the light of the existing literature, in which the context-dependent nature of social capital is accentuated. We focus on two critical questions: (i) Why is it essential to address the contextual nature of social c...
This paper aims to map out the consequences of migration flows for modern cities, and in particul... more This paper aims to map out the consequences of migration flows for modern cities, and in particular it analyses various aspects of urban cultural diversity. It argues that the sustainable and innovative development of cities under conditions of creative cultures is possible, and it presents a 'pentagon model' as an analytical tool for investigating the necessary conditions for achieving a balanced and thriving urban development. The paper also pays attention to the socioeconomic aspects of urban pluriformity caused by the emergence of ethnic or migrant entrepreneurs. The paper presents an integrated overview of the advantages and drawbacks of cultural diversity in relation to mass migration inflows into modern cities. A major part of the paper is devoted to the positive and negative socioeconomic implications of cultural diversity. To that end, a series of extensive survey tables is provided. Finally, the relationship between diversity and innovativeness is addressed.
This study investigates the emergence and the rise of Creative Hubs (CHs) in Istanbul, which as T... more This study investigates the emergence and the rise of Creative Hubs (CHs) in Istanbul, which as Turkey’s economic capital contains most of its creative workforce and the largest number of its CHs. In the last 10 years, the number of co-working spaces (CWSs), incubation centres (ICs), labs, and makerspaces in the city has rapidly increased, following a global trend. This study aims to better understand the changing working forms of the city by investigating the motivations behind the emergence of CHs. 46 CH examples, consisting of CWSs, ICs, makerspaces, and labs, have been examined for this purpose. The study is structured around the four main categories that highlight the different aspects of CHs: structure (establishment structure and community structure), focus (sectors and professions), services (physical and social facilities), and values (motivation). The findings of the study demonstrate that members of CHs are mostly freelancers, entrepreneurs, micro SMSs, and start-ups, con...
Urban planning has, in its rich history, often been reviewed from the perspective of different ph... more Urban planning has, in its rich history, often been reviewed from the perspective of different philosophical, ideological and methodological approaches by planners, architects and social scientists. In this paper, we aim to highlight the debate on urban planning in the context of planning history and to address some of the most fascinating questions asked in the urban planning literature. We focus on 7 FAQs in urban planning, while we address 7 differently given answers for each question. Therefore, our tree-like exercise consists of 7x7=49 different approaches to urban planning. Our questions are derived from planning theory and practice, planning methodology and techniques, urban development, urban management and urban future. The paper will be concluded with a speculative agenda for the future of urban planning.
JOURNAL OF DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, 2020
In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in ... more In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in the Golden Horn region in recent years is investigated. After the districts that are mainly chosen for tourism-oriented accommodation are determined, the location selection processes of accommodation are analyzed and the reasons behind the preference of said districts are examined. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between urban policies regarding the Golden Horn region and the location selection process and to detect how the factors affecting the preference of locations regarding tourism-oriented accommodation differ in different districts. In order to deduce the factors that play an active role in the clustering process in the region, first, the distribution pattern of the accommodation activities in the two sides of the Golden Horn and the districts that are mostly preferred were determined, and then the data obtained in the field studies from semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews conducted with the people representing these facilities in the determined districts, namely Balat-Ayvansaray, and Sütlüce, were interpreted. The findings of the study revealed the following original results regarding the location selection process of the tourism function in the Golden Horn: i) It was determined that there has been an increase in tourism-oriented accommodation investments in the districts in the Golden Horn region in the last 5 years; ii) The tourism-oriented accommodation facilities tend to cluster in the Golden Horn region and are predominantly located in the districts of Balat-Ayvansaray and Sütlüce; iii) Factors affecting the location selection processes of investments in two different districts differ according to the characteristics of the districts and the qualifications and preferences of the visitors. While tourism-oriented accommodation facilities are clustered in certain districts in the Golden Horn region, the reasons for clustering and the quality of the facilities that clusters vary according to the advantages of the district and the preferences of the visitors. The spatial effects caused by clustering also differ according to districts. In addition, it is observed that the location selection for accommodation in Sütlüce supports urban renewal in the district. As a result of the findings of the study, it is understood that the clustering of accommodation activity in the Golden Horn plays an important role in increasing urban resilience.
â â ‚¬ Å “Rural areas are changingâ â ‚¬  is the favorite quote of rural studies in the last f... more â â ‚¬ Å “Rural areas are changingâ â ‚¬  is the favorite quote of rural studies in the last few decades. Although this is the fact, current dynamics in rural areas have become the challenging research topic. The diversity and uniqueness of rural areas, the difficulty to define and classify them due to the last transformations occurred, have led researchers to focus on case-study specific changes. This new dynamism in rural areas can be caused by internal factors (ei assets of a given rural region), external factors (ei national politics) or ...
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2021
In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in ... more In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in the Golden Horn region in recent years is investigated. After the districts that are mainly chosen for tourism-oriented accommodation are determined, the location selection processes of accommodation is analyzed and the reasons behind the preference of said districts are examined. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between urban policies regarding the Golden Horn region and the location selection process and to detect how the factors affecting the preference of locations regarding tourism-oriented accommodation differ in different districts. In order to deduce the factors that play an active role in the clustering process in the region, first, the distribution pattern of the accommodation activities in the two sides of the Golden Horn and the districts that are mostly preferred were determined, and then the data obtained in the field studies from semi-structured quest...
The purpose of this volume is to extend our thinking about social capital as a framework for unde... more The purpose of this volume is to extend our thinking about social capital as a framework for understanding a range of socioeconomic behaviors and circumstances for which the traditional neo-classical economic model has limited explanatory value. We are especially interested in the role that social capital plays in the development process, in economies where missing or informal markets and unenforceable contracts may be common. Social capital theory and network analysis contribute to our understanding of the development process and improved well-being. Social capital analysis illustrates the economic value in relationships and collective activities. Social networks, a proxy for social capital, allows us to observe and map the resources embedded in social connections. Networks that are outcomes of social capital may reduce transactions costs, stimulate backward and forward linkages and provide a channel for new information and technology. Networks provide the foundation for collective action and may also create economies of scale furthering the well-being of resource constraint communities. This collection of papers examines the various ways social capital may relax or create binding constraints and influence economic and social well-being. If social capital is able expand in communities where formal markets such as credit, information, labor are constrained, does this trigger change in the structure of the local economy, leading to adoption of new productive activities or techniques, more formal rules or standard operating procedures and as such contribute to more inclusive and The idea for this special issue is an output of an international workshop titled "Social Capital and Rural Development" on March 22-23, 2018 in İzmir, Turkey. The workshop is funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey under the program whose aim is to foster bilateral academic collaboration between Turkish and US academics (2223D). We would like to thank TUBITAK for providing travel and organization funds for the workshop.
Rent prices have a strong relationship with economic factors in addition to the structural and en... more Rent prices have a strong relationship with economic factors in addition to the structural and environmental characteristics of housing stocks. Previous research demonstrated that impacts of unexpected and sudden circumstances such as war and epidemics on urban housing markets relate to their effects on the economy. Following the first COVID-19 case in Turkey, which was officially announced on 11 March 2020, changes in both housing preferences and economic structure have significantly affected the rental housing market due to the pandemic conditions. To highlight challenges in the rental housing market, this study addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced rental housing prices in 81 provinces of Turkey using the big data set of Endeksa, a private real-estate platform in Turkey. The data set was descriptively analyzed through four main periods identified on the basis of changing COVID-19 pandemic regulations and implementations in Turkey. Average rent prices of Turkish provinces during the identified periods were compared using ArcGIS 10.6. to show how private rent prices changed during the pandemic. The findings demonstrated that the unit rent prices generally increased from March 2020 to December 2021 throughout the whole country. Furthermore, the findings highlighted that while metropolitan cities have the highest unit rent price, the highest rent price rise occurred in provinces located in Central and Eastern Anatolia. This study contributes to the literature on how sudden shocks such as pandemics affect rent prices in free rental markets. In addition, it shows how the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rental housing market differ from country to country by revealing the increasing trends in Turkey.
International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2016
Functional zoning of Akcakoca District located along the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey is ach... more Functional zoning of Akcakoca District located along the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey is achieved by implementing the ‘Methodology for Spatial Planning for the Coastal Zone’ developed by European Union for coastal areas. The aim of applying the methodology was to realize functional zoning of the district that will eventually lead to spatial planning. In this technique, a typical base map at an appropriate scale and thematic layers are prepared for each of the environmental components for further analyses. The possibility to overlap different layers according to a specified procedure and to realize new theme mapping is a considerable factor while using GIS for the functional zoning. Identical grading system has been applied to each layer formed in order to achieve the overall importance and vulnerability maps of especially the natural components of the district. Functional zoning map is further developed through comparing different layers and current land-use information obtai...
Multinational economic aspects of globalization have led certain cities to become so-called “worl... more Multinational economic aspects of globalization have led certain cities to become so-called “world cities ” or “global cities”. In this process cities, particularly metropolises which are the arenas of global interaction, have redefined the conditions and the processes of regional and local developments and have regenerated the new infrastructural conditions of the global economy while seeking to identify their advantages, assets and power to compete with other cities. Istanbul, which is one of the largest metropolises of the world, is in a similar transformation process with the other metropolises. The city has been affected from the globalization process due to its geographical and strategic location, historical and cultural assets, dynamism and functional capacities. While the emergence of new development modes such as foreign direct investments and attractiveness of the service sector has been observed in the socio-economical and spatial aspects at the national and local level, ...
Collaborative and Integrated Watershed Management (CIWM) is one of the major alternatives that em... more Collaborative and Integrated Watershed Management (CIWM) is one of the major alternatives that emerged as a part of the trend towards more holistic and participatory approaches to natural resource management. CIWM has evolved throughout the years, influenced by the different ecological, social, economic, institutional and political context in which this approach has been implemented. The present paper addresses the Beyşehir Lake Basin (BLB) which is the largest freshwater lake in Turkey to investigate the critical success factors in CIWM. What is the crucial problem of the BLB? What is the most appropriate watershed management strategy that enables ecological and socio-cultural sustainability of the basin? How much important to take most advantage of the basin's Strengths and Opportunities or to reinforce most the Weaknesses and develop the best defense to the Threats? To answer these questions from the point of experts' views related with the basin, the paper offers a syste...
This paper aims to provide a brief review of the much neglected ‘dark side’ of social capital. To... more This paper aims to provide a brief review of the much neglected ‘dark side’ of social capital. To highlight the contextual nature of social capital by way of examples from different geographies, we draw attention to the potentially detrimental effects associated with the concept. A significant body of literature addresses the advantages of being connected to various types of social bridges and bonds. While emphasising the ‘bright side’ of social capital, that literature pays limited attention to the negative attributes of social ties and their potentially detrimental effects on a number of social and economic outcomes. Although it is not reasonable to establish a dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ social capital, it is possible to conceptualise such negative attributes in the light of the existing literature, in which the context-dependent nature of social capital is accentuated. We focus on two critical questions: (i) Why is it essential to address the contextual nature of social c...
This paper aims to map out the consequences of migration flows for modern cities, and in particul... more This paper aims to map out the consequences of migration flows for modern cities, and in particular it analyses various aspects of urban cultural diversity. It argues that the sustainable and innovative development of cities under conditions of creative cultures is possible, and it presents a 'pentagon model' as an analytical tool for investigating the necessary conditions for achieving a balanced and thriving urban development. The paper also pays attention to the socioeconomic aspects of urban pluriformity caused by the emergence of ethnic or migrant entrepreneurs. The paper presents an integrated overview of the advantages and drawbacks of cultural diversity in relation to mass migration inflows into modern cities. A major part of the paper is devoted to the positive and negative socioeconomic implications of cultural diversity. To that end, a series of extensive survey tables is provided. Finally, the relationship between diversity and innovativeness is addressed.
This study investigates the emergence and the rise of Creative Hubs (CHs) in Istanbul, which as T... more This study investigates the emergence and the rise of Creative Hubs (CHs) in Istanbul, which as Turkey’s economic capital contains most of its creative workforce and the largest number of its CHs. In the last 10 years, the number of co-working spaces (CWSs), incubation centres (ICs), labs, and makerspaces in the city has rapidly increased, following a global trend. This study aims to better understand the changing working forms of the city by investigating the motivations behind the emergence of CHs. 46 CH examples, consisting of CWSs, ICs, makerspaces, and labs, have been examined for this purpose. The study is structured around the four main categories that highlight the different aspects of CHs: structure (establishment structure and community structure), focus (sectors and professions), services (physical and social facilities), and values (motivation). The findings of the study demonstrate that members of CHs are mostly freelancers, entrepreneurs, micro SMSs, and start-ups, con...
Urban planning has, in its rich history, often been reviewed from the perspective of different ph... more Urban planning has, in its rich history, often been reviewed from the perspective of different philosophical, ideological and methodological approaches by planners, architects and social scientists. In this paper, we aim to highlight the debate on urban planning in the context of planning history and to address some of the most fascinating questions asked in the urban planning literature. We focus on 7 FAQs in urban planning, while we address 7 differently given answers for each question. Therefore, our tree-like exercise consists of 7x7=49 different approaches to urban planning. Our questions are derived from planning theory and practice, planning methodology and techniques, urban development, urban management and urban future. The paper will be concluded with a speculative agenda for the future of urban planning.
JOURNAL OF DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, 2020
In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in ... more In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in the Golden Horn region in recent years is investigated. After the districts that are mainly chosen for tourism-oriented accommodation are determined, the location selection processes of accommodation are analyzed and the reasons behind the preference of said districts are examined. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between urban policies regarding the Golden Horn region and the location selection process and to detect how the factors affecting the preference of locations regarding tourism-oriented accommodation differ in different districts. In order to deduce the factors that play an active role in the clustering process in the region, first, the distribution pattern of the accommodation activities in the two sides of the Golden Horn and the districts that are mostly preferred were determined, and then the data obtained in the field studies from semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews conducted with the people representing these facilities in the determined districts, namely Balat-Ayvansaray, and Sütlüce, were interpreted. The findings of the study revealed the following original results regarding the location selection process of the tourism function in the Golden Horn: i) It was determined that there has been an increase in tourism-oriented accommodation investments in the districts in the Golden Horn region in the last 5 years; ii) The tourism-oriented accommodation facilities tend to cluster in the Golden Horn region and are predominantly located in the districts of Balat-Ayvansaray and Sütlüce; iii) Factors affecting the location selection processes of investments in two different districts differ according to the characteristics of the districts and the qualifications and preferences of the visitors. While tourism-oriented accommodation facilities are clustered in certain districts in the Golden Horn region, the reasons for clustering and the quality of the facilities that clusters vary according to the advantages of the district and the preferences of the visitors. The spatial effects caused by clustering also differ according to districts. In addition, it is observed that the location selection for accommodation in Sütlüce supports urban renewal in the district. As a result of the findings of the study, it is understood that the clustering of accommodation activity in the Golden Horn plays an important role in increasing urban resilience.
â â ‚¬ Å “Rural areas are changingâ â ‚¬  is the favorite quote of rural studies in the last f... more â â ‚¬ Å “Rural areas are changingâ â ‚¬  is the favorite quote of rural studies in the last few decades. Although this is the fact, current dynamics in rural areas have become the challenging research topic. The diversity and uniqueness of rural areas, the difficulty to define and classify them due to the last transformations occurred, have led researchers to focus on case-study specific changes. This new dynamism in rural areas can be caused by internal factors (ei assets of a given rural region), external factors (ei national politics) or ...
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2021
In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in ... more In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in the Golden Horn region in recent years is investigated. After the districts that are mainly chosen for tourism-oriented accommodation are determined, the location selection processes of accommodation is analyzed and the reasons behind the preference of said districts are examined. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between urban policies regarding the Golden Horn region and the location selection process and to detect how the factors affecting the preference of locations regarding tourism-oriented accommodation differ in different districts. In order to deduce the factors that play an active role in the clustering process in the region, first, the distribution pattern of the accommodation activities in the two sides of the Golden Horn and the districts that are mostly preferred were determined, and then the data obtained in the field studies from semi-structured quest...
19. Ulusal Bölge Bilimi ve Bölge Planlama Kongresi, 2019
In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in ... more In this study, the clustering trend of the accommodation along with the urban renewal process in the Golden Horn region in recent years is investigated. After the districts that are mainly chosen for tourism-oriented accommodation are determined, the location selection processes of accommodation are analyzed and the reasons behind the preference of said districts are examined. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between urban policies regarding the Golden Horn region and the location selection process and to detect how the factors affecting the preference of locations regarding tourism-oriented accommodation differ in different districts. In order to deduce the factors that play an active role in the clustering process in the region, first, the distribution pattern of the accommodation activities in the two sides of the Golden Horn and the districts that are mostly preferred were determined, and then the data obtained in the field studies from semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews conducted with the people representing these facilities in the determined districts, namely Balat-Ayvansaray, and Sütlüce, were interpreted. The findings of the study revealed the following original results regarding the location selection process of the tourism function in the Golden Horn: i) It was determined that there has been an increase in tourism-oriented accommodation investments in the districts in the Golden Horn region in the last 5 years; ii) The tourism-oriented accommodation facilities tend to cluster in the Golden Horn region and are predominantly located in the districts of Balat-Ayvansaray and Sütlüce; iii) Factors affecting the location selection processes of investments in two different districts differ according to the characteristics of the districts and the qualifications and preferences of the visitors. While tourism-oriented accommodation facilities are clustered in certain districts in the Golden Horn region, the reasons for clustering and the quality of the facilities that clusters vary according to the advantages of the district and the preferences of the visitors. The spatial effects caused by clustering also differ according to districts. In addition, it is observed that the location selection for accommodation in Sütlüce supports urban renewal in the district. As a result of the findings of the study, it is understood that the clustering of accommodation activity in the Golden Horn plays an important role in increasing urban resilience.
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