Changing environment-behavior interactions in a Bosphorus settlement: The Kurucesme case

Workshop 1. Session 1.2: Segregation and strategies of gating and withdrawal. Abstract: Kurucesme, a village on the Bosphorus, reflects the particular characteristics of its own as well as those of both the Bosphorus and the city of Istanbul. Accommodating different cultural and social layers is the most discriminating feature of the Kurucesme...

Two of a kind: The social-physical dynamics of neighborhood renewal

Workshop 1. Session 1.1: Poverty and identity. Abstract: My PhD research focuses on the effects of different social-physical interventions in urban renewal programs. Are residents better of in restructured neighborhoods or do problems of deprivation remain? Moreover, how are successful transformations achieved and which interventions are less...