A New Challenge for Urban Planning in Turkey: Socio-Spatial Impacts of Forced Migration

Levent Tolga ()
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Levent Tolga: Mersin University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Çiftlikkoy Yerleskesi, 33343 Mersin, Turkey

European Spatial Research and Policy, 2019, vol. 26, issue 2, 115-134

Abstract: In recent decades, forced migration has become a globally salient issue for both developed and developing countries. As a developing country, Turkey is a significant destination for forced migration, with more than 3.6 million Syrian immigrants. This study concentrates on the socio-spatial impacts of forced migration in Turkish cities where Syrian immigrants have been concentrated and aims to answer the question: “Does forced migration produce an urban crisis in such cities?” The study leads to a prescription about new qualities of urban planning for coping with the urban crisis through a resilience strategy.

Keywords: cities; forced migration; socio-spatial impacts; urban planning; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.18778/1231-1952.26.2.06

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