Embracing the slow life: Assessing the performance of Turkey’s slow cities in promoting sustainable urban resilience

Authors

  • Selma Aydoğan image/svg+xml

    Selma Aydoğan Köse graduated from the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2009. In 2015, she completed her Master’s degree in the Environmental Control and Building Technology program at ITU, presenting her thesis titled “An Approach to Slow City (Cittaslow) in Sustainable Architecture.” Since 2009, she has been actively engaged in the field of architecture, gaining professional experience in various architectural offices and construction sites.

  • Şule Filiz Akşit image/svg+xml Istanbul Technical University

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şule Filiz Akşit graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture in 1989, the Master’s Program in Building Sciences at ITU in 1993, and the Doctorate Program in Building Sciences in 2002. She has been working at the Faculty of Architecture at ITU since 1991. Şule Filiz Akşit has research projects and publications on Energy Efficient Settlement and Building Design, Solar Energy Usage in Buildings, Cooling Energy Conservation, Solar Architecture etc. She currently continues research and academic studies in Building Physics and Physical Environmental Control at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, ITU.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2024.v5si148

Keywords:

Cittaslow, slow city, sustainable architecture, slow movement, slow cities in Turkey

Abstract

This study examines and interprets the position of a slow city, or "Cittaslow", within sustainable urban planning that was caused by the adverse effects of globalisation, the Industrial Revolution and modernism. "Cittaslow" in Turkey is evaluated based on slow city projects, and the senses of each city, taking into account the current situation of sustainable urban planning. It defines and analyses sustainable urban planning throughout time, and processes sustainability as a term in various approaches. Slow city membership criteria were analyzed for the selected 7 slow cities in Turkey and the results were presented. Throughout these evaluations and suggestions, it is observed that sustainable urban planning and the Cittaslow movement are parallel to each other regarding urban life indicators. Finally, it is concluded that by integrating the criteria of Cittaslow into the cities, the Cittaslow movement can be implemented as a local, sustainable city development model.

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Published

2024-12-31

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Aydoğan, S., & Akşit, Şule F. (2024). Embracing the slow life: Assessing the performance of Turkey’s slow cities in promoting sustainable urban resilience. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 5((Special Issue), 31–43. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2024.v5si148

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Vol. 5 No. (Special Issue) (2024)

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Age of Distruption

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