A Qualitative Research on Urban Sprawl Areas and Housing Demand in These Areas

Abstract

Urban sprawl, describing a kind of urban form, is a challenge for global cities dealing with sustainability, and Turkish metropolitan cities are also faced with this issue. Policymakers unwittingly make regulations that encourage expansion, which causes the formation of new settlements on the periphery and results in disordered urban growth. Controlled urban growth underlines the most efficient use of financial resources as much as natural resources, and ungoverned expansion increases the financial burden of local government services. Considering that expansion is related to the establishment of new settlements in the periphery, housing supply and demand indicators in sprawling areas become among the factors to be considered in order to achieve controlled urban growth. In this qualitative research, urban sprawl areas and socioeconomic and spatial factors affecting housing demand in there are discussed. Global trends reveal that policymakers should play a leading role instead of interfering to control urban growth. In this context, it is concluded that the housing dynamics in urban sprawl areas that differ from the city center and assumptions about housing demand in these areas should be taken into account in order to determine the urban growth trend and intervene more effectively on uncontrolled growth.

Housing demand of urban fringe residents and underlying causes: example of Ankara, Türkiye

“…Conversely, if there is a speculative income expectation, as in the area, unearned increments should be transferred to the public welfare by means of taxation. Innovative financing instruments such as tax increment financing (TIF) may help governments increase revenues and generate economic activities (Hayrullaho glu et al, 2021). TIF, according to the authors, can be a useful tool to compensate for the infrastructure cost disadvantages in relatively high-density urban fringe districts.…”

“…Conversely, if there is a speculative income expectation, as in the area, unearned increments should be transferred to the public welfare by means of taxation. Innovative financing instruments such as tax increment financing (TIF) may help governments increase revenues and generate economic activities (Hayrullahoğlu et al. , 2021).…”

Examining Urban Resilience Through Disaster and Climate Change Protocols: The Case Study of Adana

“…In this context, the current research examines recent studies focusing on urban resilience and disasters within the last five years. Conceptual studies related to urban resilience and resilient cities are evident in the literature (Hayrullahoğlu et al, 2018;Kavanoz, 2020;Desouza & Flanery, 2013). These studies conduct literature reviews and content analyses to develop recommendations on climate change policies (Yılmaz & Işınkaralar, 2021;.…”