Plan changes in Istanbul (Turkey) as project-led practices in a plan-led planning system

Kılınç N., Türk Ş. Ş.

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES, vol.29, no.8, pp.1393-1418, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09654313.2020.1865276
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CAB Abstracts, Geobase, Index Islamicus, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.1393-1418
  • Keywords: Plan changes, plan-led planning system, project-led planning system, spatial distribution, Istanbul, Turkey, KERNEL DENSITY-ESTIMATION, URBAN, CONSTRUCTION, FLEXIBILITY, CERTAINTY, REDEVELOPMENT, NETHERLANDS, IMPACTS
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

As a result of the investment pressures caused by neo-liberal policies, project-led practices are becoming increasingly widespread in plan-led planning systems, which, in turn, has directly impacted the planning system. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of such project-led practices within a plan-led planning system through plan changes. This study examines by subject and analyses the spatial distribution of 17,369 plan changes enacted between 2009 and 2018 in Istanbul (Turkey), where the effects of a neo-liberal policy are most evident. The findings of the study demonstrate that these plan changes took place mostly as a result of demands made by the private sector, and that these demands were mostly focused on CBD and newly developing central districts. The results reveal that around a quarter of the plan changes involved alterations in areas reserved for social and technical infrastructure use. They also reveal that spatial outcomes differ according to different plan change typologies.