Hepcan, Ş., A. Kaplan, B.Özkan, E. V. Küçükerbaş, E. Malkoç & H.S. Türel, 2006, Public space network as guide to sustainable urban development and social life: a case study of Muğla, Turkey, in: International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 13, 5
- Author : Hepcan, Ş., A. Kaplan, B.Özkan, E. V. Küçükerbaş, E. Malkoç & H.S. Türel
- Year : 2006
- Title English : Public space network as guide to sustainable urban development and social life: a case study of Muğla, Turkey
- Journal/Series : International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
- Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 5
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 13
- Pages : 375-389
- Abstract in English : This study examines the possibility of designating and implementing a citywide public space network that constituted of randomly dispersed and not interrelated public spaces and greenways across the city of Muğla. Although Muğla is one of the major coastal cities in Turkey with its worldwide tourism districts, the city center falls behind other settlements in terms of quality of social life, physical layout, economic investments, and tourism revenues. In 2001, the local government hence commissioned the Department of Landscape Architecture of Ege University to prepare a comprehensive master plan towards achieving a corporate public space network as well as development strategies to ameliorate the above failures. The process of master planning developed clearly illustrated a blueprint for the citywide network and addressed each of existing or potential public spaces and greenways as integrated components of the network. The process involved short, medium and long term pursuits that the local government should achieve for tackling physical layout as well as implementing phases of the network efficiently. As a guide to any small or medium-sized urban settlements in Turkey, a model proposal was derived from the study of master planning process to address formulation, implementation, and management of the network.