Due to present global economic crisis, many people in cities had to lose their jobs or went for early retirement. Thus, productive self-sufficient areas were designed as agro-recreational sites. Integration of the city with its countryside is undertaken as important issue in the formation of urban agro-recreational areas/activities in Gaziantep city. Such urban-rural areas/activities have growing recreational significance for inhabitants of Gaziantep. This made important contribution to local production of fruit and vegetables, reveals present-day leisure pattern of Gaziantep urban agro-recreational activities. The growing demand for such urban-rural activities has recently created business with special focus on agriculture, livestock breeding and local agro-tourism. Therefore, a concept is growing where families, in highly urbanized areas, can experience rural life in first hand, providing leisure activities and support their living with an innovating concept, where urban parks and city fringe areas can be the engines of a self sufficient urban environment.
Kuala Lumpur Waterfront: A Public Place for All? drboon
This document summarizes a research paper on examining public accessibility to the Kuala Lumpur waterfront in Malaysia. It begins by providing background on the importance of waterfronts historically and how their uses have changed. It then discusses 4 attributes related to public accessibility at waterfronts. The paper aims to evaluate public perceptions of accessibility at the Kuala Lumpur waterfront using focus groups. 12 members of the public participated in focus groups to share their experiences and views. The findings aim to inform future development and policies regarding public access to the waterfront.
This document discusses sustainable urban transportation planning for the future development of Kajang, Malaysia. It provides background on Kajang, noting its rapid population growth. It then outlines several issues facing Kajang, such as higher population levels, environmental pollution, and road congestion. Potential strategies are proposed to address these issues, including improving public transportation infrastructure and redirecting traffic patterns, with the goal of achieving sustainable development.
Presentation tries to link cities with buildings in the context of energy, resources, sustainability and productivity and brieflt describes how the cities can be made green and how green buildings can be made a reality
The document provides information about eco-cities and the Tianjin Eco-city project between China and Singapore. It describes how Tianjin Eco-city was selected as a non-arable site facing water shortage issues. The master plan for Tianjin Eco-city includes one central axis, three centers, and four districts, with the goal of eliminating carbon waste and producing renewable energy. Small neighborhood units called "Eco-cells" make up the overall city design and were implemented between 2008-2012 to build out the new sustainable city.
Eco City Development towards Developing Low Carbon SocietyMD. SAIDUR RAHMAN
This presentation focuses on eco-city development initiatives in developing countries towards developing low carbon society. Rapid urbanization in developing countries may be the most significant demographic transformation in our century as it restructures national economies and reshapes the lives of billions of people. At the same time, urbanization has also contributed to environmental and socioeconomic challenges, including climate change, pollution, congestion, and the rapid growth of slums. But as a major style of residential environment, city, has been endowed new contents by new ideas ever emerged in the history and eco-city development has emerged as a way to address climate change issues in the context of developing sustainable cities in developing countries. Eco-cities have the potential to address many of the problems like climate change and socio-economic aspects associated with urban development, as does the concept of sustainable development in an urban setting. Drawing on lessons learned from the planning and development process of several low-carbon eco-cities, this paper explores the potential of an integrated urbanism approach for developing countries. The objective is not only to mitigate factors contributing to climate change, but to manage risk, maximize resilience, and promote the successful economic and social growth of the urban eco community in developing countries. An integrated urbanism approach to planning may give us the tools to leapfrog the environmental and public health costs of economic progress and create a new model for cities across the developing world.
This document provides an introduction to the lecture on urban design. It discusses the role, importance and scope of urban design in relation to architecture and urban planning. Urban design is concerned with shaping and designing public spaces in cities and towns, from the scale of streets and squares down to individual buildings. It aims to create places that are good to live in, attractive to visit, and socially and economically successful.
This document provides information about green cities and discusses examples of green cities like Vancouver and Gandhinagar. A green city is designed to minimize environmental impact and resource use through strategies like renewable energy, urban farming, green buildings, and public transport. Vancouver has led the world through its waste reduction programs and goal to be carbon neutral. Gandhinagar, India has over 53% green cover from its large number of trees. The document emphasizes that green cities are livable, sustainable, and help future generations meet their needs through ecological design.
The document discusses the need for eco cities due to increasing urbanization and its environmental impacts. It defines an eco city as one that is built according to principles of environmental sustainability by eliminating carbon waste, using renewable energy, and incorporating the natural environment. The concept of the eco city was developed in the 1970s by the organization Urban Ecology, founded by Richard Register in Berkeley, California, to reconstruct cities in balance with nature. The ideal eco city minimizes its environmental impact through reduced emissions, renewable resources, green transportation, high quality air/water, and protection of habitats while also supporting a strong economy.
Kuala Lumpur Waterfront: A Public Place for All? drboon
This document summarizes a research paper on examining public accessibility to the Kuala Lumpur waterfront in Malaysia. It begins by providing background on the importance of waterfronts historically and how their uses have changed. It then discusses 4 attributes related to public accessibility at waterfronts. The paper aims to evaluate public perceptions of accessibility at the Kuala Lumpur waterfront using focus groups. 12 members of the public participated in focus groups to share their experiences and views. The findings aim to inform future development and policies regarding public access to the waterfront.
This document discusses sustainable urban transportation planning for the future development of Kajang, Malaysia. It provides background on Kajang, noting its rapid population growth. It then outlines several issues facing Kajang, such as higher population levels, environmental pollution, and road congestion. Potential strategies are proposed to address these issues, including improving public transportation infrastructure and redirecting traffic patterns, with the goal of achieving sustainable development.
Presentation tries to link cities with buildings in the context of energy, resources, sustainability and productivity and brieflt describes how the cities can be made green and how green buildings can be made a reality
The document provides information about eco-cities and the Tianjin Eco-city project between China and Singapore. It describes how Tianjin Eco-city was selected as a non-arable site facing water shortage issues. The master plan for Tianjin Eco-city includes one central axis, three centers, and four districts, with the goal of eliminating carbon waste and producing renewable energy. Small neighborhood units called "Eco-cells" make up the overall city design and were implemented between 2008-2012 to build out the new sustainable city.
Eco City Development towards Developing Low Carbon SocietyMD. SAIDUR RAHMAN
This presentation focuses on eco-city development initiatives in developing countries towards developing low carbon society. Rapid urbanization in developing countries may be the most significant demographic transformation in our century as it restructures national economies and reshapes the lives of billions of people. At the same time, urbanization has also contributed to environmental and socioeconomic challenges, including climate change, pollution, congestion, and the rapid growth of slums. But as a major style of residential environment, city, has been endowed new contents by new ideas ever emerged in the history and eco-city development has emerged as a way to address climate change issues in the context of developing sustainable cities in developing countries. Eco-cities have the potential to address many of the problems like climate change and socio-economic aspects associated with urban development, as does the concept of sustainable development in an urban setting. Drawing on lessons learned from the planning and development process of several low-carbon eco-cities, this paper explores the potential of an integrated urbanism approach for developing countries. The objective is not only to mitigate factors contributing to climate change, but to manage risk, maximize resilience, and promote the successful economic and social growth of the urban eco community in developing countries. An integrated urbanism approach to planning may give us the tools to leapfrog the environmental and public health costs of economic progress and create a new model for cities across the developing world.
This document provides an introduction to the lecture on urban design. It discusses the role, importance and scope of urban design in relation to architecture and urban planning. Urban design is concerned with shaping and designing public spaces in cities and towns, from the scale of streets and squares down to individual buildings. It aims to create places that are good to live in, attractive to visit, and socially and economically successful.
This document provides information about green cities and discusses examples of green cities like Vancouver and Gandhinagar. A green city is designed to minimize environmental impact and resource use through strategies like renewable energy, urban farming, green buildings, and public transport. Vancouver has led the world through its waste reduction programs and goal to be carbon neutral. Gandhinagar, India has over 53% green cover from its large number of trees. The document emphasizes that green cities are livable, sustainable, and help future generations meet their needs through ecological design.
The document discusses the need for eco cities due to increasing urbanization and its environmental impacts. It defines an eco city as one that is built according to principles of environmental sustainability by eliminating carbon waste, using renewable energy, and incorporating the natural environment. The concept of the eco city was developed in the 1970s by the organization Urban Ecology, founded by Richard Register in Berkeley, California, to reconstruct cities in balance with nature. The ideal eco city minimizes its environmental impact through reduced emissions, renewable resources, green transportation, high quality air/water, and protection of habitats while also supporting a strong economy.
This document discusses the future representation of cities and proposes building cities in alternative locations due to risks to existing cities. It describes an assignment where students imagine being the mayor of a city in 2033 that is no longer safe to live in due to some problem. The students must propose building a new city either underground, underwater, floating, or through city enhancement. It then provides background information on the definition and history of cities, as well as elements of urban design and infrastructure needed for smart cities.
Role and Importance of Pre-fabrication in Promoting Sustainable Built Enviro...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation is an attempt to define role and importance of pre-fabrication in creating built environment and its advantages over and above the traditional system of construction in terms of cost, speed, wastage, quality, theft ,safety etc
The document discusses sustainable urban planning and development. It defines sustainable development and sustainable cities. It provides examples of characteristics that make cities more or less sustainable, such as compact development, mixed land uses, public transportation, and environmental protection. It also discusses challenges to developing sustainable cities, including prioritizing economic growth over the environment and fragmented planning policies.
The newly released book Sustainable Urban Environments - An Ecosystem Approach ‘helps the reader grasp opportunities for integration of knowledge and technologies in the design, construction and management of the built environment.’ In the first edition of the Delft Environment Initiative Lecture Series on 21-09-2011 several contributors to Sustainable Urban Environments discussed their views on the most pressing challenges facing us in the urban environment today and how they should be integrated in education. These are the slides accompanying the ‘elevator pitches’ they gave. http://home.tudelft.nl/en/research/environment/mini-symposium-sustainable-urban-environments/
The document discusses the need for achieving culture-environment parity in development planning for growing cities to maintain ecological balance. It argues that viewing development and environment/culture as mutually exclusive leads to problems. Instead, an organic city design approach is needed that incorporates cultural parameters and recognizes the city-nature continuum to minimize the environmental and cultural impacts of development. Maintaining the environmental quality curve above the "environmental breakeven of development" threshold over time despite rising development is key to sustainable development.
Sustainable city planning aims to design cities in a way that considers social, economic, and environmental impacts without compromising future generations' ability to enjoy the same benefits. This involves minimizing energy, water, food, waste and pollution outputs. Sustainable cities benefit from dense urban living that promotes social interaction and public transit use while reducing environmental impacts. Key methods for sustainable city planning include renewable energy sources, green spaces, efficient public transport, optimal building density, urban farming, and walkable neighborhoods. Sustainable architecture, drainage systems, and transportation modes can also contribute to more sustainable urban development.
Presentation tries to portray the context, necessity, role and importance of transportation in the urban context, issues faced by cities in rationalizing transport and options which can be leveraged in making transportation sustainable - which inter alia includes; making cities compact, planning for people, promoting accessibility, limiting mobility, re-ordering the priority for mobility, leveraging mass transportation, technology etc. Presentation stresses the role an d importance of shape and size of the city in making transportation sustainable. Need for changing the approach to urban planning has also been emphasized.
The document discusses the search for sustainable cities over time. It explores ideas from early thinkers like Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities, Patrick Geddes' concept of viewing the city as a whole, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City. More modern approaches included Ian McHarg's design with nature, Chris Canfield's symbiotic communities, and Michael Corbett's ecological village homes. The document also examines permaculture cities, transit-oriented new urbanism, compact and regenerative cities, and cities with circular metabolisms and green infrastructure. It concludes that sustainable cities integrate nature and community, do not exceed environmental limits, and are holistic, diverse, and regenerative systems.
Urban Sustainability - Vision & Public PerceptionLittle Daisy
This document is a thesis submitted by Thuy Duong Pham in July 2011 for the Master Program on International Urban Development at VGU. The thesis examines urban sustainability visions and public perceptions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It begins with an introduction that discusses the importance and challenges of urban sustainability as more people live in cities. The research aims to understand what makes a livable and sustainable city according to experts and public perceptions. The thesis uses a backcasting and systems approach to develop a holistic framework for urban sustainability. It presents findings on urban sustainability visions from experts and surveys perceptions of sustainability and urban development in HCMC. The conclusion recommends actions like poverty alleviation and education to progress toward a sustainable urban future.
Here is a PPT on Eco Green Cities. The fonts will change if u have only fonts of your pc. You can download.. If you have any queries send it to guthijp.reddy@gmail.com
The Liuzhou Forest City in China will be the world's first forest city, where all buildings are covered in greenery. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the city will house 30,000 inhabitants in buildings surrounded by over 40,000 trees and 1 million plants. The extensive greenery is intended to absorb air pollutants and carbon emissions while producing oxygen. In addition to environmental benefits, the forest city aims to be self-sufficient through geothermal and solar energy use. Construction is slated to begin in 2020.
The document discusses what constitutes a green and sustainable city. It explains that a green city aims to balance environmental, economic and social needs to ensure a clean, healthy environment for current and future generations. Some key elements of green cities include green and blue spaces that provide oxygen, green corridors for recreation and biodiversity, and green belts to prevent urban sprawl. Planning considerations for green cities include ensuring clean air and water, mixed land use, renewable energy, and public transportation. Benefits of green cities include improved environmental quality, health outcomes, property values, and quality of life.
Applied sustainability and eco city towards sustainable urban development cen...Touch Seng
Sustainable Urban Development requires not only the concept of sustainability, but also combines with the Eco-city principle, SUD will require balancing the Social, Environmental, Economic, Urban design and governance.
The Design Research Publication Cell at Balwant Seth School of Architecture publishes research and documents events throughout the academic year. It acts as a platform for faculty, graduates, and students to engage in collaborative research projects. Recent projects include a sustainability workshop with an international partner, investigating urban scenarios in Mumbai, and designing an interactive learning cube for children.
this ppt is made by shrikrishna kesharwani , final year student of manit Bhopal, in this ppt I have given information about the sustainable metropolitan development scheme in detail.
Growth pattern of towns Natural and Planned,
Types of zoning and importance,
various road networks(Grid iron pattern, shoe string development,
Surveys for data collection, physical survey, social survey, economic survey, civic survey,
Town aesthetics, landscape architecture,
Rehabilitation of slum and urban renewal,
The document describes an ancient city of Machu Picchu located in Peru. It discusses some of the most impressive structures at the site including the Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Three Windows. It also mentions the important agricultural section of the city demonstrating advanced farming methods of the Inca people. The document states that Machu Picchu is surrounded by other sites forming the Inca Trail, some which require serious hiking but are well worth visiting.
The document describes Rogers' models of sustainable and unsustainable city systems. It then provides examples of sustainable city management strategies in various cities. Some key points:
- Rogers outlines linear "unsustainable" and circular "sustainable" city models in terms of inputs, throughputs, and outputs.
- Examples are given of sustainable strategies around housing, energy, transportation, and environment in cities like Curitiba, Copenhagen, Paris, Singapore, and Mexico City.
- Curitiba's strategies are summarized, including its bus rapid transit system, parks/lakes for flooding control, and slum upgrading paired with recycling programs.
1) Guarujá sedia encontro regional sobre segurança municipal nesta quarta-feira para debater propostas e eleger nova diretoria da Conferência Nacional das Guardas Municipais.
2) Prefeitura e Dersa definem medidas para melhorar travessia de balsas entre Guarujá e Santos, como sistema de comunicação integrado e barreiras físicas na fila.
3) PAT oferece 64 vagas de emprego nesta terça-feira em diversas áreas.
Ovaal speelconcepten, ontwerper en inrichter van buitenruimten, werkt vanuit de visie dat spelen méér is dan klimmen en klauteren, en dat kinderen meer naast speeltoestellen spelen dan er daadwerkelijk bovenop. Ovaal heeft een in Nederland uniek assortiment samengesteld met speelaanleidingen en speeltoestellen waarbij kinderen zélf de speelwaarde kunnen ontdekken, en waarbij niet voorgeschreven is hoe je er mee moet spelen. Bekijk in deze brochure onze producten of bezoek onze website
This document discusses the future representation of cities and proposes building cities in alternative locations due to risks to existing cities. It describes an assignment where students imagine being the mayor of a city in 2033 that is no longer safe to live in due to some problem. The students must propose building a new city either underground, underwater, floating, or through city enhancement. It then provides background information on the definition and history of cities, as well as elements of urban design and infrastructure needed for smart cities.
Role and Importance of Pre-fabrication in Promoting Sustainable Built Enviro...JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Presentation is an attempt to define role and importance of pre-fabrication in creating built environment and its advantages over and above the traditional system of construction in terms of cost, speed, wastage, quality, theft ,safety etc
The document discusses sustainable urban planning and development. It defines sustainable development and sustainable cities. It provides examples of characteristics that make cities more or less sustainable, such as compact development, mixed land uses, public transportation, and environmental protection. It also discusses challenges to developing sustainable cities, including prioritizing economic growth over the environment and fragmented planning policies.
The newly released book Sustainable Urban Environments - An Ecosystem Approach ‘helps the reader grasp opportunities for integration of knowledge and technologies in the design, construction and management of the built environment.’ In the first edition of the Delft Environment Initiative Lecture Series on 21-09-2011 several contributors to Sustainable Urban Environments discussed their views on the most pressing challenges facing us in the urban environment today and how they should be integrated in education. These are the slides accompanying the ‘elevator pitches’ they gave. http://home.tudelft.nl/en/research/environment/mini-symposium-sustainable-urban-environments/
The document discusses the need for achieving culture-environment parity in development planning for growing cities to maintain ecological balance. It argues that viewing development and environment/culture as mutually exclusive leads to problems. Instead, an organic city design approach is needed that incorporates cultural parameters and recognizes the city-nature continuum to minimize the environmental and cultural impacts of development. Maintaining the environmental quality curve above the "environmental breakeven of development" threshold over time despite rising development is key to sustainable development.
Sustainable city planning aims to design cities in a way that considers social, economic, and environmental impacts without compromising future generations' ability to enjoy the same benefits. This involves minimizing energy, water, food, waste and pollution outputs. Sustainable cities benefit from dense urban living that promotes social interaction and public transit use while reducing environmental impacts. Key methods for sustainable city planning include renewable energy sources, green spaces, efficient public transport, optimal building density, urban farming, and walkable neighborhoods. Sustainable architecture, drainage systems, and transportation modes can also contribute to more sustainable urban development.
Presentation tries to portray the context, necessity, role and importance of transportation in the urban context, issues faced by cities in rationalizing transport and options which can be leveraged in making transportation sustainable - which inter alia includes; making cities compact, planning for people, promoting accessibility, limiting mobility, re-ordering the priority for mobility, leveraging mass transportation, technology etc. Presentation stresses the role an d importance of shape and size of the city in making transportation sustainable. Need for changing the approach to urban planning has also been emphasized.
The document discusses the search for sustainable cities over time. It explores ideas from early thinkers like Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities, Patrick Geddes' concept of viewing the city as a whole, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City. More modern approaches included Ian McHarg's design with nature, Chris Canfield's symbiotic communities, and Michael Corbett's ecological village homes. The document also examines permaculture cities, transit-oriented new urbanism, compact and regenerative cities, and cities with circular metabolisms and green infrastructure. It concludes that sustainable cities integrate nature and community, do not exceed environmental limits, and are holistic, diverse, and regenerative systems.
Urban Sustainability - Vision & Public PerceptionLittle Daisy
This document is a thesis submitted by Thuy Duong Pham in July 2011 for the Master Program on International Urban Development at VGU. The thesis examines urban sustainability visions and public perceptions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It begins with an introduction that discusses the importance and challenges of urban sustainability as more people live in cities. The research aims to understand what makes a livable and sustainable city according to experts and public perceptions. The thesis uses a backcasting and systems approach to develop a holistic framework for urban sustainability. It presents findings on urban sustainability visions from experts and surveys perceptions of sustainability and urban development in HCMC. The conclusion recommends actions like poverty alleviation and education to progress toward a sustainable urban future.
Here is a PPT on Eco Green Cities. The fonts will change if u have only fonts of your pc. You can download.. If you have any queries send it to guthijp.reddy@gmail.com
The Liuzhou Forest City in China will be the world's first forest city, where all buildings are covered in greenery. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the city will house 30,000 inhabitants in buildings surrounded by over 40,000 trees and 1 million plants. The extensive greenery is intended to absorb air pollutants and carbon emissions while producing oxygen. In addition to environmental benefits, the forest city aims to be self-sufficient through geothermal and solar energy use. Construction is slated to begin in 2020.
The document discusses what constitutes a green and sustainable city. It explains that a green city aims to balance environmental, economic and social needs to ensure a clean, healthy environment for current and future generations. Some key elements of green cities include green and blue spaces that provide oxygen, green corridors for recreation and biodiversity, and green belts to prevent urban sprawl. Planning considerations for green cities include ensuring clean air and water, mixed land use, renewable energy, and public transportation. Benefits of green cities include improved environmental quality, health outcomes, property values, and quality of life.
Applied sustainability and eco city towards sustainable urban development cen...Touch Seng
Sustainable Urban Development requires not only the concept of sustainability, but also combines with the Eco-city principle, SUD will require balancing the Social, Environmental, Economic, Urban design and governance.
The Design Research Publication Cell at Balwant Seth School of Architecture publishes research and documents events throughout the academic year. It acts as a platform for faculty, graduates, and students to engage in collaborative research projects. Recent projects include a sustainability workshop with an international partner, investigating urban scenarios in Mumbai, and designing an interactive learning cube for children.
this ppt is made by shrikrishna kesharwani , final year student of manit Bhopal, in this ppt I have given information about the sustainable metropolitan development scheme in detail.
Growth pattern of towns Natural and Planned,
Types of zoning and importance,
various road networks(Grid iron pattern, shoe string development,
Surveys for data collection, physical survey, social survey, economic survey, civic survey,
Town aesthetics, landscape architecture,
Rehabilitation of slum and urban renewal,
The document describes an ancient city of Machu Picchu located in Peru. It discusses some of the most impressive structures at the site including the Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Three Windows. It also mentions the important agricultural section of the city demonstrating advanced farming methods of the Inca people. The document states that Machu Picchu is surrounded by other sites forming the Inca Trail, some which require serious hiking but are well worth visiting.
The document describes Rogers' models of sustainable and unsustainable city systems. It then provides examples of sustainable city management strategies in various cities. Some key points:
- Rogers outlines linear "unsustainable" and circular "sustainable" city models in terms of inputs, throughputs, and outputs.
- Examples are given of sustainable strategies around housing, energy, transportation, and environment in cities like Curitiba, Copenhagen, Paris, Singapore, and Mexico City.
- Curitiba's strategies are summarized, including its bus rapid transit system, parks/lakes for flooding control, and slum upgrading paired with recycling programs.
1) Guarujá sedia encontro regional sobre segurança municipal nesta quarta-feira para debater propostas e eleger nova diretoria da Conferência Nacional das Guardas Municipais.
2) Prefeitura e Dersa definem medidas para melhorar travessia de balsas entre Guarujá e Santos, como sistema de comunicação integrado e barreiras físicas na fila.
3) PAT oferece 64 vagas de emprego nesta terça-feira em diversas áreas.
Ovaal speelconcepten, ontwerper en inrichter van buitenruimten, werkt vanuit de visie dat spelen méér is dan klimmen en klauteren, en dat kinderen meer naast speeltoestellen spelen dan er daadwerkelijk bovenop. Ovaal heeft een in Nederland uniek assortiment samengesteld met speelaanleidingen en speeltoestellen waarbij kinderen zélf de speelwaarde kunnen ontdekken, en waarbij niet voorgeschreven is hoe je er mee moet spelen. Bekijk in deze brochure onze producten of bezoek onze website
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El Certificado de Profesionalidad es un instrumento de acreditación oficial de las cualificaciones profesionales en España, que se expide a nivel nacional y acredita la capacitación para el desarrollo de una actividad laboral. Se obtienen del Catálogo Nacional de Cualificaciones Profesionales y se estructuran en Unidades de Competencia para facilitar la inserción laboral.
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Espaço Ávila localizado en una de las zonas más nobles de Lisboa, Avda. João Crisóstomo y Avda. República (Saldanha), ubicado en un edificio moderno, representa un nuevo concepto con una dinámica propia, una apuesta por un servicio personalizado, de calidad en las siguientes vertientes:
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El mundo de los negocios requiere, cada vez más, soluciones prácticas y racionales. Espaço Ávila, como empresa, surge para atender una de las exigencias de la economía actual - son centros de negocios estructurados a medida para las pequeñas y grandes empresas, para profesionales liberales y para otras actividades que no necesitan de disponer de oficinas propias para desarrollar su actividad mercantil.
INES es una empresa internacional, editora de software de CRM. Desde 1999 se encuentra inmersa en un proceso de mejora continua y en constante crecimiento. Ofrece soluciones en modo On Demand y también en modo On Premise.
Bajo tus alas (historia con el salmo-91-4)Ramón Rivas
Un guardabosques encontró un ave calcinada junto a un árbol en una posición que indicaba que no había muerto tratando de escapar del fuego, sino que protegía a sus tres polluelos vivos debajo de sus alas. La madre había llevado a sus polluelos a la base del árbol para protegerlos del fuego y el humo, ofreciendo su propia vida para salvarlos. Los polluelos se mantuvieron seguros bajo las alas de su madre aun horas después de que el incendio se apagara, totalmente confiados en su
Cuaderno de trabajo para los talleres de expresión plástica para la Casa de Iberoamérica, donde tendrán que realizar una historieta ambientada en una zona determinada de Cádiz.
Mis rotaciones como R4 de Farmacia Hospitalaria Alfredo Montero
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Emgoldex il Business dell'oro!!!
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Il programma Emgoldex è un metodo di penetrazione nel mercato delle vendite al detaglio di metalli preziosi, di concezione completamente nuova e rivoluzionaria. Offre l'opportunità a tutti i clienti di partecipare nel programma Emgoldex.
Il modello è un sistema basato su un algoritmo matematico, come nessun altro nel panorama mondiale che annovera già circa 700.000 clienti in tutto il mondo. Impressionante!
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El documento describe las características principales del Sistema de Información para la Gestión Tributaria y Recaudación (SIT-gtt) desarrollado por la empresa gtt. El SIT-gtt es un sistema integral que cubre todas las necesidades de gestión, inspección y recaudación tributaria. Ofrece una gestión integral del contribuyente, expedientes electrónicos, seguridad y trazabilidad de las actuaciones, y permite la interoperabilidad con otras entidades a través del intercambio de información.
El documento discute varios temas relacionados con profecías sobre cambios geográficos y eventos catastróficos en la Tierra, incluyendo la llegada de un planeta llamado Planeta X, una depuración de la Tierra que involucrará 3 días de oscuridad, y cambios psicomagnéticos. También incluye una lista detallada de provisiones recomendadas para sobrevivir un año en refugios subterráneos.
industries sector of pakistan and its importance in the economy of pakistanSami Swati
The document summarizes several key industries in Pakistan's economy, including textiles, sugar, cement, fertilizer, sports goods, mining/extraction, and telecommunications. Textiles is the largest industry and biggest export, contributing over 60% of export earnings and 8.5% to GDP. Other major industries are sugar (second largest after textiles), cement (fifth largest cement exporter globally), and fertilizer (contributes 14% to GDP). The industries sector contributes 24.3% to Pakistan's GDP but faces problems like power shortages, lack of training/technology, and security issues that impact investment. Solutions proposed include increasing foreign investment, innovative technologies, alternative energy sources, and workforce development.
Allan Paivio developed Dual Coding Theory which proposes that information is processed in two separate channels - an audio channel and a visual channel. The theory suggests that both visual and verbal information is processed separately. Studies have shown that pairing visual images with verbal information can enhance learning and recall compared to using words alone. Dual Coding Theory provides implications for incorporating both words and pictures in educational materials and presentations.
The document discusses the role of agro-based industries in the Indian economy. It provides an overview of the key agro-based industry sectors in India including food processing, textiles, tobacco, leather, and paper. It notes that agro-based industries play an important role by adding value to agricultural outputs, generating employment, and strengthening industrial and agricultural linkages. The top agro-based industry sectors are food processing, which contributes around 14% to manufacturing GDP, and textiles, which employs around 40 million workers and exported $41.4 billion in 2014-15.
IRJET- A Review on Self Sustainable Integrated TownshipIRJET Journal
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The Importance of Urban Agro-Recreation in the Formation of a Sustainable Integral Rural-Urban Environment in Gaziantep City-Turkey
1. 2012 International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies.
International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
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The Importance of Urban Agro-Recreation in the
Formation of a Sustainable Integral Rural-Urban
Environment in Gaziantep City-Turkey
a*
Cemal Inceruh
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Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Design, Zirve University, Turkey
ARTICLEINFO ABSTRACT
Article history: Due to present global economic crisis, many people in cities
Received 14 April 2012.
Received in revised form had to lose their jobs or went for early retirement. Thus, productive
12 June 2012. self-sufficient areas were designed as agro-recreational sites.
Accepted 16 June 2012. Integration of the city with its countryside is undertaken as important
Available online 18 June 2012.
issue in the formation of urban agro-recreational areas/activities in
Keywords: Gaziantep city. Such urban-rural areas/activities have growing
Hobby garden, recreational significance for inhabitants of Gaziantep. This made
Allotment gardens, important contribution to local production of fruit and vegetables,
Agro-leisure, reveals present-day leisure pattern of Gaziantep urban
Rural-urban recreation, agro-recreational activities. The growing demand for such
Urban perma-culture. urban-rural activities has recently created business with special focus
on agriculture, livestock breeding and local agro-tourism. Therefore,
a concept is growing where families, in highly urbanized areas, can
experience rural life in first hand, providing leisure activities and
support their living with an innovating concept, where urban parks
and city fringe areas can be the engines of a self sufficient urban
environment.
2012 International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied
Sciences & Technologies.
1. Introduction
Gaziantep is the capital city of Gaziantep Province in Turkey. It is amongst the oldest
continuity inhabited cities in the world. Gaziantep is the sixth largest city in Turkey and the
*Corresponding author (Cemal Inceruh). Tel/Fax: +90342 2116666 Ext.6908. E-mail addresses:
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2. largest city in the country’s south-eastern Anatolia Region (W.P. 2011). Gaziantep is famous
for its regional specialties: the copper-ware products and "Yemeni" slippers, specific to the
region, are two examples. The city is an economic centre for South Eastern and Eastern Turkey.
The metropolitan area has a total population of 1.341.054 (as of 2010) Address-based
population survey 2008. The number of large industrial businesses established in Gaziantep,
comprise four percent of Turkish industry in general, while small industries comprise six
percent. Also Gaziantep has the largest organized industrial area in Turkey and holds first
position in exports and imports (Trikonfex, 2011).
The global economic crisis began in 2008 has had major negative effects on the economies
of all countries in the world. Turkey is also one of the very seriously affected countries by the
crisis. (Aras, O.N., 2010). This crisis has affected the production industry and financial sectors
in both urban and rural economies of Turkey with unexpected severity and speed. Thus, many
industries had been downsizing steadily over the past five years. With the decision to stop
production, it laid off many workers (EAAE, 2011), and caused some to go for early retirement
(Sinan Ikinci, 2008). However, according to Suleyman Yazir (2010), the Turkish labour market
has long been under the pressure of the strong supply side factors due mainly to the high fertility
rates and flooding of rural population to the cities. Industrial production begun to decrease in
August and this trend continued until March 2009. Capital goods experienced the highest
decline and de creased by 42.2 % compared to the same month of previous year (Nuray Terzi,
2010). The falling of employment rate has pressured on household disposable income and
liabilities in Turkey economy.
On the basis of these circumstances, the Metropolitan Municipality of Gaziantep devoted
and designed areas (Figure 1), adjacent to city parks, for retired workers/employee to practice
agricultural activities (gardening) in their leisure time (Figure 1). Later on (in a short period)
these areas became a source of income for those people, and consequently became attractive
areas, for Gaziantep inhabitants, for cultural gathering and recreational purposes. Such project
witnessed success, because most of the population of Gaziantep is rural migrants with
agriculture background. Thus, Gaziantep municipality continued for the second and third
phases for this project. Putting in mind that the rural milieu cannot be divorced from the urban
system which is embedded in it, now new sites on the city fringe with rural sides are thought to
be developed for such self-sufficient activities (Figure 1). These urban agro-recreational
260 Cemal Inceruh
3. activities will play important role in the formation of integral rural-urban environment
especially when these activities increase in number and extend over city parks of Gaziantep.
Off course these food production areas should unfold in the principles of permaculture criteria
for more sustainable living.
Figure 1: Hobby Gardens as Rural-Urban Integration in Gaziantep.
Originally, these areas were not meant to create business or to make important contribution
to local production of fruit and vegetables, but rather designed as Public Hobby Gardens
(allotment gardens) for farm-loving retired and unemployed people. However, the per-person
lots (+100 m2) were large enough to provide self-sufficient living for a family and to make
minimal business as well. Later on, the site of these public hobby/allotment gardens became a
leisure centre of weekend recreation and vegetables market place. The area was designed,
managed and operated spontaneously by low skilled municipality employees and farmers. To
avoid this spontaneous development, in future, for such areas and activities, the paper will focus
on a concept that will organize and maximize both profit (as alternative economic support) and
rural-urban integration in sustainable and ecological manners. However, this paper will study
and evaluate Gaziantep Hobby Gardens as forms of integral rural-urban environments. It will
also search for systems to make these areas more scientific, sustainable, ecological, productive,
waste reducer and environmentally restored. The principles and criteria of Permaculture will be
discussed as driving tools for urban agro-recreations to maintain integral rural-urban
environment in Gaziantep. Furthermore, new alternatives will be presented to restructure the
existing recreational city parks and vacant lands into productive urban farms that will create
important contribution to local food production and economic supports for both urban and rural
*Corresponding author (Cemal Inceruh). Tel/Fax: +90342 2116666 Ext.6908. E-mail addresses:
cemal.inceruh@zirve.edu.tr or cinceruh@yahoo.com. 2012. International Transaction
Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 3 No.3 261
ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online Available at http://TuEngr.com/V03/259-276.pdf
4. population in an integral set of environments as a long development within urban framework.
Finally, recommendations guidelines for planning issue will be presented for municipal agenda
to take interest in urban agriculture as a way to support economic and community development,
to improve the urban environment, and to promote sustainable rural-urban integration.
2. Characteristics and Historical Background of Allotment Gardens in
Europe and Hobby Gardens (Hobi Bahceleri) in Turkey
Allotment gardens of Europe are, generally, characterized by a concentration in one place
of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individual families. In
allotment gardens, the parcels are cultivated individually, contrary to other community garden
types where the entire area is tended collectively by a group of people (MACNAIR, 2002). The
individual size of a parcel, in Europe, ranges between 200 and 400m2, and often the plots
include a shed for tools and shelter. These plots are only used for gardening (i.e. growing
vegetables, fruits and flowers), but not for residential purposes. The gardeners have to pay a
small membership fee to the association, and have to abide with the corresponding constitution
and by-laws (Drescher, 2001).
The history of the allotment gardens in Europe is closely connected with the period of
industrialization and urbanization in Europe during the 19th century when a large number of
people migrated from the rural areas to the cities to find employment and a better life. Very
often, these families were living under extremely poor conditions suffering from inappropriate
housing, malnutrition and other forms of social neglect. To improve their overall situation and
to allow them to grow their own food, the city administrations, the churches or their employers
provided open spaces for garden purposes. These were initially called the “gardens of the poor”
and were later termed as “allotment gardens”.
The aspect of food security provided by allotment gardens became particularly evident
during World Wars I and II. Consequently, food production within the city, especially fruit and
vegetable production in home gardens and allotment gardens, became essential for survival in
1919.
Nevertheless, the importance of allotment gardening in Germany (Figure 2) has shifted
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5. over the years. While in times of crisis and widespread poverty (from 1850 to 1950), allotment
gardening was a part time job, and its main importance was to enhance food security and
improve food supply, allotment gardens have turned into recreational areas and locations for
social gatherings (Holmer and Drescher, 2005).
Figure 2: A typical German allotment scheme from the air (Source BVGF, 2000).
The allotment gardens of Europe and Hobby Garden (Hobi Bahçeleri) in Turkey are very
similar in form, content, function and concept; but they are different in the reason of their
establishment/emergence. There is almost a site for Hobby gardens in every city in Turkey. The
parcels are cultivated by family members (Figure 3), rather than individually as in the European
case. The individual size of a cultivated plot ranges between 100-250m2; and the plots include a
shed for tools and shelter. These plots, the same as in Europe, are only used for gardening
mainly growing vegetables and rarely fruits and flowers (Figure 3), but not for residential
purposes. The reason they were established for, differs from one city to another in Turkey. The
gardens in Ankara, Istanbul, and Karaman as examples of many Turkish cities were mainly
established to release the stress of the people (Figure 4) who are living in high density
multi-story tenement buildings to be rented by farm-loving city dwellers, and by turn to bring
revenue to municipal bodies in charge. But, in some other cities of Turkey, these gardens were
established for urban dwellers to practice their leisure time in an agro-manner (Figure 5) by
municipalities as active recreational areas. In some other industrial cities (Gaziantep is typical)
these gardens were established for both retired and for those who went for early retirement (lost
their jobs) due to economic crisis that affected the industrial sector in the region. Meanwhile, in
all cases, these gardens are owned, designed and managed by municipalities for which the
gardeners have to pay a monthly minimal rent fee to the municipality. By now, all of these
gardens are cultivated to provide self-sufficient living and to make business as economic
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6. supports. The gardeners, in fact, sell their cultivated products either on site or on vegetables
cards at the entry or close to gardens’ site (Figure 6).
Figure 3: Involvement of family members in cultivation- mainly vegetables.
Figure 4: Stress release hobby gardens in Turkey.
Figure 5: Hobby Gardens as recreational, socializing and gathering places (GAntep & Ankara).
The gardens in all cities of Turkey take place on lands adjacent to city parks or on vacant
lands in the city fringes areas (Figure 1) However, these areas (Hobby Gardens) became
attractive points for city dwellers as vegetables market (Figure 6) and recreational leisure
activities for all age groups (Figures 5 & 7), especially, in weekends. Furthermore, the site of
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7. these gardens became a business site not only for urban gardeners but also for rural farmers who
come frequently to sell vegetables seeds, gardening tools/materials and farming advices for
urban gardeners, and to sell their products for urban recreationists in the weekends. Therefore,
these areas (sites of hobby gardens) sustained and promoted a high urban-rural integration in
terms of functions, contents, concept, and physical entity. Recently, some municipalities, such
as the one in Bekoz-Istanbul encouraged the spread of these gardens and urban gardeners to
provide natural urban farming by devoting gardens sites of 20000m2 at different locations in
their hinterlands, in which each garden will be of 100-200m2 (Figure 8). In addition to farming,
the villages in the nearby regions encourage the natural expression in farming for these gardens
(Y.Celikbilek: 2011).
Figure 6: Hobby Gardens as mean for economic support and self-sufficient living-Gaziantep.
Figure 7: Playground within Gaziantep hobby gardens site.
Under the same perspective of Beykoz municipality, Ankara municipality went further in
establishing such hobby gardens for every city inhabitant to provide more job opportunities for
rural farmers to engage management and consultant issues in these gardens to preserve the
sustainable natural/organic farming and to contribute in the green food supply for Ankara
inhabitants. However, many vacant lands at both Ankara city-fringe or inside the city are now
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8. designated for hobby gardens (each plot is 120-204m2) and restructuring of existing parks
became new phenomenon to maximize the number of these gardens for the purposes mentioned
above (Figure 8). Karaman municipalities established these gardens for stress release, and
feeling of achievement, productivity and peaceful living of the inhabitants. As in Karaman and
other cities these gardens are so called “Serenity Gardens” (Huzur Bahceleri) now take place at
the fringe and inside these cities (Figure 9).
Figure 8: Restructured park for urban agriculture in Ankara, and hobby plots in Beykoz.
Figure 9: Serenity gardens (Huzur Bahceleri) in Karaman, Turkey (left picture).
Figure 10: Hobby Gardens Entrance Gaziantep (right picture).
Each Hobi Bahce in Turkey, often, includes playgrounds, building for management &
services, car parking, WC-shower cabinets, and first aid. The site of Gaziantep Hobby Gardens
in Gaziantep is protected by a surrounding fence and welcoming entrance (Figure 10). The
gardens are subdivided into plots defined by fence or pathway of stepping-stones, where all
main roads are signed by indicators (Figure 7). Each garden plot has a shed for gardening tools
and living area in which neighbour gardeners and visitors socialize and also customers are
welcomed for shopping activities (Figures 6 & 5). These gardens produce only fresh vegetables
(Figure 16) for city dwellers. Gardeners sell their vegetables in the nearby road intersections or
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9. on site in their gardens (Figure 6). These gardens provide green connection between the built up
area of Gaziantep city and its rural areas and open nature spaces (Figure 11). All Hobby
Gardens in Turkey, including Gaziantep, lack every kind of animal husbandry. With
introducing such activities both income and integration between rural-urban environments will
increase.
Figure 11: Hobby gardens at Gaziantep as integral form of rural-urban environments.
3. The Role of Gaziantep’s Hobby Gardens in the Formation of
UrbanRural Integration
The distinction between “rural” and “urban” is probably inescapable for descriptive
purposes; however, it often implies a dichotomy which encompasses both spatial and sectoral
dimensions. In censuses and other similar statistical exercises, rural and urban populations are
usually defined by residence in settlements above or below a certain size; agriculture is
assumed to be the principal activity of rural populations whereas urban dwellers are thought to
engage primarily in industrial production and services (Cecilia Tacoli, 1998: 147). If we
consider Tacoli’s distinction as an ultimate truth, then “what about if urban population is
engaged in agriculture as principal activity?” is this population a urban-rural?, and what about if
the rural population is primarily engaged in industrial production and services? (as in the case
of many cities). Now is the rural population a rural-urban? To bring an end to this controversial
discussion, we go back to our Gaziantep case in which we see both populations play
contradictory role. If this discussion explains anything, it explains the degree of which the
Gaziantep has reached in its integration with rural areas.
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10. Effective rural development policy remains elusive in most developed countries in spite of
efforts on a number of fronts, most often through agriculture portfolios. This comes into being
by providing rural activities in urban Gaziantep areas in which the rural population can
contribute in the realization of its economics. Thus, rural-urban integration will be realized in
the interaction of functions and activities between rural and urban realms in Gaziantep.
Increased rural-urban integration, in the form of out-commuting from rural areas, holds promise
as a means for (some) rural areas to capture positive spatial spillovers of urban-based economic
growth. However, embracing a proposal focused on urban linkages will require a major shift in
policy focus.
Growing interdependence between rural areas and urban Gaziantep and the importance of
regional networks is consistent with improved transportation, communication, and information
flows. Such flow of information is very clearly understood in the relationship between rural
integration with Gaziantep hobby gardens in terms of functioning and supporting issues (Figure
1). Integration with Gaziantep and regional economies is essential for the growth and vitality
of rural communities in the nearby regions. Though forms of integration vary, the relationship
with Gaziantep urban centre is the primary avenue for accessing the benefits of urban-based
economic growth (Figure 1). However, the interlocked relationship between Hobby Gardens
(in Gaziantep) and the nearby rural inhabitants is a new phenomenon for such integration. Thus,
this integration, probably, can be realized by providing commuting facilities/system between
the nearby rural areas and urban Gaziantep hobby gardens while both urban and rural lives and
locations can be maintained in the in a region like Gaziantep.
Accessible Gaziantep urban centre also serves as markets for rural goods and services, as
well as for rural recreation. Evidence suggests that a large share of rural areas experiencing job
and population growth is near Gaziantep city (say within 60 km). Thus, explicitly, considering
rural-urban interdependence can be provided by increasing the number of both sharing and
complimentary activities between Gaziantep urban areas and its nearby rural areas. Among the
best examples of this urban-rural interdependency is the existing of hobby gardens in urban
Gaziantep. A better understanding of these relationships is essential to designing a rural
development strategy within the city of Gaziantep, which will, by turn create rural jobs in the
accessible hobby gardens of Gaziantep. Therefore, out-commuting from rural-to-urban gives
rural workers access to urban agglomeration economies, while permitting a rural residential
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11. location. Thus, the strategic key is an understanding of the determinants of rural-urban
integration signified by rural out-commuting to hobby gardens of Gaziantep city.
4. A Practical and Productive System for Gaziantep UrbanRural
Synergy
The current economic crisis and unemployment leading to poverty and hunger are
triggering a return to nature. Other factors such as reducing transportation distance to lower
fossil fuel dependency and resource consumption, and procurement of organic produce at a
reasonable price are important to many. The biggest crisis is embedded in finding job and by the
end feeding the low-income communities in the city. Urban agriculture work is one of the most
powerful solutions, because it brings food directly into the communities. Thus, people want to
grow their own vegetables to increase food security, which is leading to an equitable
distribution of access to food. Urban Agriculture is an industry that should take place within or
on the fringe of a town which grows or raises, processes and distributes a diversity of food and
non-food products, re-using largely human and material resources, products and services found
in and around Gaziantep, and in turn supplying human and material resources, products and
services largely to its urban area.
The Urban Planning and Design department at Gaziantep municipality is now searching
for a system to control the spread of hobby gardens and the increasing demand for urban
farming in the city of Gaziantep. They are looking for a concept to manage this demand in a
very systematic and healthy way. They need a practical concept which must establish highly
productive environment and can be applied in the city of Gaziantep as a system. For more
sustainable issues, the system which can be proposed here must sound ecologically, must be
economically viable, and must be sustainable in the long term. In searching for such sustainable
system, therefore, it must be a development that meets the needs of the presents without
compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. The system must
easily provide accessible solutions that allow us to live in balance with ourselves and
surrounding nature in which sustainability must exist as a culture in the city of Gaziantep. In
these perspectives all needs draw our attention to the concept of Permaculture. It is an approach
to designing human settlements (sustainable land use design) and agricultural systems that are
modelled on the relationships found in natural ecology. According to Mason (2003),
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12. Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs,
harmoniously integrating the land with its inhabitants. The elements of this system must be
viewed in relationship to other elements, where the outputs of one element become the inputs of
another. Within a Permaculture system, Mason (2003) states that work is minimized, "wastes"
become resources, productivity and yields increase, and environments are restored.
Permaculture principles can be applied to any environment, at any scale from dense urban
settlements to individual homes, from farms to entire regions.
For further definitions and characteristics of Permaculture that can be applied in Gaziantep
are: i) the designing of human habitat with food production system in urban Gaziantep;
ii) its land-use planning and community building criteria that provide harmonious
integration of human dwellings, microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soil, and
water into stable productive communities
iii) to maximize symbiotic and synergistic relationship between site components
iv) undertake priority action area system in the master plan; and
v) establish projects at the neighbourhood scale.
There are some other concepts within permaculture system that can be applicable to
develop the existing Hobby Gardens, and can be as criteria for new Gardens in the city of
Gaziantep among which is the Perma-community gardens. These community gardens can be
placed where people grow food, with a seating area, tool shed and compost bin. This is what
exactly similar to the Hobby gardens at Gaziantep. Among the criteria and elements (related to
perma-community gardens) that Gaziantep Hobby Gardens lack are the arbour, green house,
composite facilities chicken coop, potting space storage barn, solar green house, and butterfly
garden.
The problem of Gaziantep is a little bit similar to the early hard times of Cuba after the
collapse of the socialist bloc which led to 85% drop in total external economic relations, after
which migration to Cuban main urban centres and unemployment reached a dramatic
percentage (Rosset, 1994). As a result, an alternative urban agricultural model was designed to
stem the increasing unemployment in urban areas and the flood of migrants…. However, the
Cuban urban permaculture model created 8000 city farms in Havana, in 1995, and there were
26600 farm parcels through the urban districts of Havana; and 541000 tons of foods were
produced in 1998 and some 60000 people found work (Murphy, 1999). Cuba now has one of
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13. the most successful urban agriculture programs in the world (IFDP. 2010). Denmark, also, had
a successful urban farming program where a new law about community farms was enacted for
all garden areas owned by the government will become permanent agriculture before Nov.
2001.
According to Gaziantep Municipal Council, the population of the city is expected to grow
to 2000,000 by the year 2015. Much of this growth is planned for the City Centre, where there is
a shortage of green space and parks. While the increase in population will result in a greater
demand for food and jobs, the farming process in Gaziantep region is aging, and the rate of
replacement is low. Gaziantep needs more locally grown food. Therefore, these small hobby
gardens will not be enough to answer Gaziantep needs of food and employment. To counteract
these issues, it is proposed that the area known as vacant lands must be kept in the Agricultural
Land Reserve and must be developed as a Sustainable Food Systems Park “Productive Green
Engines”. This land must be used to produce food and should provide a number of services and
job opportunities to the community living in-and-around Gaziantep. The benefits of these green
engines lands would be:
i) It would shorten the distance between food production and consumption, improve the local
micro-climate, increase environmental biodiversity, and use urban waste (solid organic
waste used for compost).
ii) It would improve the appearance of the neighbourhood, organize local citizens and improve
access to fresh, nutritious food.
iii) It would create outdoor gathering and serene spaces
iv) It would provide greater percentage of the value of the food grown in Gaziantep city and
then consumed locally would remain in the community. The agricultural park would attract
tourists from abroad and provide access to income-generating opportunities for
unemployment people.
v) Community groups and hobby growers who want to make the step into commercial
production will be able to access large size plots and acreages.
vi) It would be increasing to begin thinking of featuring urban agriculture instead of the
passive urban scenery landscape.
The paper is by now bringing the attention to reinvent parks as laboratories of innovation
that operate across boundaries of environmental, social, economic, and aesthetic agendas;
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14. synthesizing nature and artifice, utility and recreation; and for most fruitful results, to find jobs
for Gaziantep inhabitants. Furthermore, it is seeking to propose layered functionality into
Gaziantep parks water utility and food production projects.
5. Conclusion and Recommendation Guidelines
The food and agricultural system illustrates the complexities of urban-rural connections
and the ways such complexities challenge attempts to divide policy actions into separate “rural”
and “urban” spheres. But, rural farmers, for instance, sell their products at both rural and city
markets. Urban farmers raise and sell fruits, vegetables, and livestock. Rural dwellers
complement farm income with proceeds from industries such as handicrafts or food processing.
Agricultural production itself has benefited from more direct connections with urban-based
agribusinesses. With a rural-urban “lens,” we see that the agricultural system will in fact be
important to the livelihoods of both urban and rural dwellers of Gaziantep for some time to
come. Furthermore, this lens illustrates how the income of the agricultural sector is important to
both rural and urban dwellers. Individuals can earn income directly from agricultural
production or indirectly by participating in various jobs in the system that agricultural
production supports in urban and rural areas. These connections/integrations are not new, but
they do seem to be increasingly important. Unfortunately, perceptions and policies do not seem
to be keeping up. The mixtures of “urban” with “rural” activities are not anomalies but the
reality of livelihoods in rural and urban areas today. Separating rural and urban or setting them
against one another overlooks connections and potential development synergies.
Urban agriculture is an ecological farming that occurs in the city. It allows growing food
for local consumption, managed by local authority, renting land from municipality for private
use or for commercial purposes. However, urban agriculture will never be self-sufficient to
sustain food needs to the city, because ecologically footprint of the city is always much bigger,
and there will always be the need for food imports. Despite this fact, urban agriculture allows a
social interaction, educate new generations and provide jobs opportunities.
Urban parks, green open areas or any uncertain spaces in the city (empty vacant spaces,
Brownfields, spaces left aside of urbanization) have the potential to become productive
landscape that provide food and resources to the close neighbourhood, self-maintained by
communal organizations which means job opportunity.
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15. From this perspective, it becomes ever more imperative today to understand the changing
dynamics of the rural-urban interactions and to address the rising challenges that prevent an
equitable development of both cities and rural areas. This calls for a new approach to planning
our cities and re-examining how different cities can best manage the flow of people, capital,
commodities, and information. It also calls for creative solutions for interacting with the rural
areas in ways that help them survive the changes our world is undergoing.
Rural and urban areas have traditionally enjoyed a relationship of interdependence:
livelihoods were made by rural residents who sold farm produce to their urban counterparts,
while the resources and demand from rural areas contributed to the prosperity of cities, and so
on. However, several factors are altering the rural-urban integration/relationship today. For one
thing, the rapid expansion of cities has resulted in an unsustainable consumption of land and
natural resources that is placing a considerable burden on rural areas. Concurrently,
recommendations guidelines for planning issues (as supplementary to the proposal) can be
presented for Gaziantep municipal agenda to maintain and promote rural-urban integration as
follows:
• Urban agriculture has to be considered in a number of recent comprehensive plans and
neighbourhood plans.
• Sustainability plans addressing urban agriculture /food issues must be considered in the
land-use plan of Gaziantep.
• Municipality and other institutions should donate or lease vacant land to land trusts that
organize community gardens.
• Planners interested in urban agriculture can do valuable work by reviewing and
redesigning ordinances related to urban agriculture.
• Zoning could be used to legitimize urban agricultural activities. Adding an urban
agricultural zoning designation, for instance, may protect urban farms or community
gardens from rapid development when land tenure is otherwise unsteady.
• It will be helpful for planners to think of agriculture while preparing the
Master/comprehensive Plan of Gaziantep considering: intensive agriculture (includes rural
and peri-urban farming and associated activities); intensive urban agriculture (describes
urban farms and farmer markets); less intensive urban agriculture (applies to backyards
and community gardens); and little urban activities (home gardening).
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16. • Planners will want to make sure that at least some agricultural uses are permitted in
districts encompassing large areas of the city.
• Permissive districts that allow many types and scales of cultivation, animal husbandry,
agriculture-related structures, and some farm-related commercial activity must be denoted
in the comprehensive plan of Gaziantep.
• it may be helpful for planners to consider the following questions:
• What are the possible urban agriculture activities for Gaziantep city?
• What can be allowed in a widespread way with little controversy?
• What can be allowed, but controlled?
• What can be allowed, but only in some places?
• Are there some places where specific activities should be particularly encouraged?
• Who are the likely participants and how can positive relationships be fostered?
Planners at the municipality of Gaziantep can play an important role in promoting urban
agriculture and shaping the direction it takes. By no means is zoning the only way to promote
urban agriculture. A city like Gaziantep, which has ambitions to rapidly expand urban
agricultural opportunities, it may be necessary to make land and funding available. In many
cases, the demand for urban agriculture, such as Hobby Gardens or community garden plots, is
not nearly being met. Partnering with nongovernmental organizations such as community
groups, businesses, and land trusts can be an effective way of directing resources toward urban
agriculture without having to devote significant resources to management or oversight.
Urban agriculture presents our society with a range of opportunities. These have been
detailed above and include health, the conservation and building of regional identity based on
production, the subsequent potential for geographic and regional indicator status and the future
for agriculture that these opportunities might deliver for current and future generations. These
opportunities present us in geographic and regional assets of urban-rural integration within the
urban contexts.
6. Acknowledgements
I am thankful to all retired and workers who lost their jobs as a result of the contemporary
economic crisis. My thanks are also extended to Gaziantep urban gardeners who helped in
actualizing this research.
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Dr.Cemal Inceruh is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture at Zirve University. He
received his BScp from Middle East Technical University (METU) 1988. He continued his MSc and Ph.D.
in Urban Housing Environment Design at METU, 1994, Turkey. Dr.Inceruh worked as a faculty in the
following departments: City Planning at METU-Turkey, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture at Bilket
University-Turkey, Landscape Architecture at King Faisal University, and Architecture Engineering at Sultan
Qaboos University, Oman. He designed many Urban & Landscape projects, involved in Accreditation
process, and established Architectural Departments/programs.
Peer Review: This article has been internationally peer-reviewed and accepted for publication
according to the guidelines given at the journal’s website. Note: This article
was accepted and presented at the 2nd International Conference-Workshop on
Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design (ICWSAUD) organized by School
of Housing, Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
from March 3rd -5th, 2012.
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