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Dimensions of Urban Waterfront Regeneration: Case Study of Halic/The Golden Horn an Assessment of Obstacles and Opportunities for Inclusiveness Dimensions of urban waterfront regeneration: Case study of Halic/The Golden Horn an assessment of obstacles and opportunities for inclusiveness Serin Geambazu Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gülden Erkut and Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz Technische Universität Berlin Fakultät VI - Planen Bauen Umwelt Urban Management Master Studies: 2012/2014 Berlin, Germany Dimensions of urban waterfront regeneration: Case study of Halic / The Golden Horn an assessment of obstacles and opportunities for inclusiveness Student: Serin Geambazu Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gülden Erkut and Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Urban Management at Technische Universität Berlin 31th of January 2014 ii STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any institution and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the research contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference has been made in the text of the thesis. Signature: Serin Geambazu Berlin, 31th January 2014 iii PREFACE Before introducing the research, I would like to relate a personal memory that is strongly related to the motivation of this study. Growing up in a port city, in Constanta, Romania, gave me the occasion to understand from an early age the difference between the modern society, embedded in the communism world I was born in, and the postmodern world I was experiencing at the age of five. This became clear with an urban waterfront regeneration project of an old shipyard where I was spending my Sundays, listening to my grandfather's stories about the sea and bringing them in my imagination as simultaneously enjoying the edgy silhouette of the site. The outcomes of the shipyard's transformation were a hotel, a yacht port, restaurants and bars, bringing a new vibe to my city. I still recall that I never contested the purpose of this change, as my parents explained them to me: "a natural change of our needs in postmodern society". My only concern was who made this change, how and why. I dedicate this research to the children of Istanbul that have never seen the sea. Part of the "Sınırsız mavi" Project ("Blue without limits" Project) it was identified that 8.1% of children in primary schools from four districts of Istanbul have never seen the sea.1 1 Statistic from 2008; Source: http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/24956914/) iv ABSTRACT Water has always been an important driving force for the growth and development of human settlements and cities, the waterfront being their constant changing feature. With the demands of the new- service oriented global- economy almost every city at water's edge is engaged in regeneration projects with strong political impetuses and interest from various parties (Hoyle 2001). The rationale behind the phenomenon of waterfront regeneration and the global embracement of it, is now " widely recognized if incompletely understood" (Hoyle 2001 pp. 297), as the relevant literature is based on case studies with focus on the examples of North American and European cities.The goal of the research is to contribute to the more general, theoretical contention of urban waterfront regeneration in developing countries in understanding their dimensions in terms of governance and planning. This thesis tackles dimensions of urban waterfront regeneration in Istanbul, Turkey by studying the most recent initiative of urban waterfront regeneration along Halic/The Golden Horn, the regeneration of Halic shipyard: Halic Shipyard Conservation Project. The aim is to assess to which extend the top-down governance forms, but also bottom-up grass root empowerment influence the planning process and project outcomes, giving recommendations for an inclusive planning approach. The second aim is to evaluate the urban waterfront regeneration project studying its impact on the neighbouring community. Bedrettin Neighbourhood is chosen for analysis, as being the closest community next to Halic shipyard and its position in the planning process along with its needs are exposed. The theoretical framework that underpins this study is derived from the discourse on new forms of urban governance including private, public and civic actors (Paquet 2001) that influence planning processes and project outcomes. To evaluate the planning process from a comprehensive governance perspective, indicators include: the legal framework, decision-making process, actors and their relations (Nuissl and Heinrichs 2010) and as normative the perspective of an inclusive planning approach (Healey 1997, 2006) help to evaluate the planning process of Halic Shipyard Conservation Project. As urban waterfront regeneration literature is mostly based upon case study approaches, a critical overview of international examples is conducted to provide support for the evaluation of the case study of the research. Both primary and secondary data is collected through: literature review, review of laws, review of official documents and land-use plans, an internship, 31 interviews, 91 questionnaires, participatory- observation, an workshops, observation and photographs. To understand the planning processes of the regeneration of Halic's waterfront, a reflection is done upon the peculiarities of Istanbul’s urban regeneration policies and the institutional framework at city and national level that have facilitated it and also an overview of the previous regeneration processes along Halic's waterfront. It was found that Halic Shipyard Conservation Project is an urban waterfront regeneration project made for public interest, but with a planning process that lacks participation and information for the actual public in question. The rights of the future users of the space, of neighboring community and of the citizens of Istanbul are in this way lost in un-transparent planning processes, behind a fight between the government and strong opposition parties gaining ground of governance landscape, motivated by their stake in the development. Urban waterfront regeneration in the context of Istanbul reveals the same features of the popular contested cases of North and Western examples. The leading factors are an entrepreneurial government and also a national policy on urban regeneration designated by the central government. The strong and constantly growing opposition is not only the resistance to this particular urban waterfront regeneration project, but it leads to a bigger picture of urban regeneration projects in Istanbul, realized through a top-down approach to planning, creating major social and economical impacts. The thesis argues that only through a change towards a more inclusive planning approach, along with clear targets for the improvement of the quality of life for the neighboring community, the urban waterfront regeneration project, Halic Shipyard Conservation Project, will be able to escape the current deadlocks and collisions between government, investors, resistance and local community and might have a chance to actually set an urgently needed precedent of a new planning culture in Istanbul. Key word: urban waterfront regeneration, governance, inclusive planning, urban regeneration in the context of Istanbul v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I thank Allah and the Universe for this experience. I would like to thank my mother, Geambazu Negivan, for her support, for teaching me to face challenges, learn from every experience and seek the opportunity in everything. You have always respected my dreams and cheered all my academic steps throughout the years. Thank you mother! I want to express my immense gratitude to my supervisors, for sharing their time and knowledge with me: to Dr. Gülden Erkut for her patient guidance, strong support and the valuable advice, for encouraging me at every step of the research process and respecting my ideas and for introducing me to planning experts in Istanbul; to Dr. Philipp Misselwitz for his valuable guidance and strong support, for his inspiring remarks and kind advices, that have so greatly improved my ideas and my thesis. I felt lucky to have you as my professors, I thank both of you and I will never forget the time spent under your supervision! Also, I would like to thank all my colleagues and friends in Istanbul. It was a great experience due to all of you! I thank my colleagues from Istanbul Metropolitan Planning (Bimtas s.a.), Istanbul Technical University, Mimar Sinan University and all those engaged in the dynamics of urban regeneration in Istanbul, for their support and valuable debates. I would also like to thank Mr. Ulas Akin, my internship supervisor at Istanbul Metropolitan Planning (Bimtas s.a.), who was a great inspiration during the time spent in Istanbul. Also special thanks to Assitant Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Ervin Sezgin for his kind advices and support. I thank to: Arh. Yeşim Yüksel (Bimtas s.a.), Prof. Iclal Dincer, Prof. Murat Cemal Yalcintan, Mr. Yasar Adanali, Prof. Gul Koksal (halicdayanismasi) and citizens of Bedrettin Neighbourhood for great discussions and exchange of ideas on planning practices in Istanbul. I thank so much Dr. Bettina Hamann for her effort and work at Urban Management Master Studies and also to Claudia Matthews and Carsten Dittus for their support during the master. It has been a great platform for learning.I would also like to thank all my colleagues from Urban Management Master: Despite the short time period, it was a great experience to learn with you and
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