TITLE:
Managing the Urban Environment of Istanbul, Turkey
AUTHORS:
David J. Edelman
KEYWORDS:
Urban Environmental Management, UEM, City and Regional Planning
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.9 No.1,
March
10,
2021
ABSTRACT: This article brings the contemporary thinking and practice of Urban
Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution of current environmental
problems in Istanbul, Turkey. With a fast-growing population of over 15
million, Istanbul is both the largest city in Europe and the world’s 5th largest city in terms of population within city limits. Such cities face more
immediate problems than those in the developed world and have fewer resources
to deal with them. The article first considers the context of Turkey, and then
reviews issues of poverty alleviation, industry, transportation, energy, water,
sewage and sanitation, and finance. Finally, it proposes a 5-year plan to help
alleviate the urban environmental problems of this transcontinental city
utilizing a real-world database compiled from Turkish government documents and
a limited budget.