TUDEJ- Thinking Of Urban Decoding Journal Current Issue

The smart city concept is emerging as a strategy to confront the problems faced in cities. A smart city is a place where, traditional networks and services are made more flexible, efficient and sustainable to improve urban operations for the benefit of its residents via information, digital and telecommunications technologies. In this study smart city phenomenon offer significant economic, educational, environmental and social contributions is analysed from a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. In this context it is aimed to explain the definition and features of the smart city concept; to highlight the main achievements of the smart city concept; to discuss Seoul, London and New York City, which are among the leading cities in smart city applications according to the Eden Strategy Institute's Top 50 Smart City Government Ranking of 235 potential smart cities in the world for 2020/2021; and to reveal the applications that make these cities smart and the role of city governments. Smart city experiences in these three leading cities are discussed comparatively in the context of literature research and ten basic factors consisting of vision, leadership, budget, financial incentives, support programmes, talent-readiness, people-centricity, innovation ecosystems, smart policies, track record. When the cities in the top 50 smart city rankings are considered holistically, the three indicators that the cities are most successful in are Track record, Vision and People-centricity, while the indicators they are less successful in are Financial incentives, Support programmes and Innovation ecosystems. Seoul, like all leading smart cities, is very successful in terms of Track record indicator; London in terms of Vision and Track record indicator; and New York in terms of Vision indicator. The results show the importance of inter-sectoral impacts and socially connected aspects of smart city initiatives and provide guidance for planners&designers and politicians.

The principle of sustainability has become widespread as a solution to problems such as air, water and environmental pollution, global warming, climate change and heat islands caused by today's urbanization problems. The transition from traditional materials to smart materials is supported by the change in building materials with the development of technology. Smart materials are gaining a place in the literature both because they support the sustainable approach and because they are more user-oriented than traditional materials. The main subject of this study is smart materials, which have the ability to self-repair, detect and respond to environmental stimuli. The use of these innovative materials, which are aimed at environmental factors, in the building envelope, which are directly exposed to external factors, is of great importance. In this context, the study examines smart materials used in the building envelope elements of facade, roof and shell. Smart materials used in floor and wall elements that are not directly exposed to external factors are not analyzed. Cern Globe of Science and Innovation Building, Brasilia Stadium, Kaohsiung Stadium, Bloom Pavilion, Hygroskin Pavilion, Ara Pacis Museum, Xicui Entertainment Center, Arab Institute and House R 128 were selected as the buildings analyzed. The smart materials used in the building shells of these selected buildings were examined and their properties were explained. As a result of the analysis, it is noteworthy that the buildings where smart materials are used are also sustainable targeted buildings. Smart materials, which can be directly integrated into the building shells or integrated into the building shell with a system, can be easily associated with buildings due to their advantages such as their wide variety and their ability to solve problems related to user comfort.

The aim of this article is the scientific mapping of Cittaslow-related publications in the Scopus database with the R Studio-Biblioshiny program. The bibliometric analysis method, which is a quantitative research method, was applied in the research. The research method was realized in two steps. In the first step, the Scopus database was searched for title-summary-keywords (TS=(cittaslow OR Cittaslow OR CittaSlow OR CittaSlow OR "slow city" OR "slow cities"). As a result of this search, 182 publications on the subject were accessed. In the second step, the data obtained were analyzed through the Biblioshiny program. These analyses consisted of the analysis of authors, institutions, documents, countries, citations, and words. According to the results of the analysis, there are 182 publications between 2003 and 2024. The number of documents in the Scopus database peaked in 2021. Among the authors, Pink and Jaszczak have the most publications. The countries with the highest number of publications on slow cities are Turkey, Poland, and the United Kingdom. According to Biblioshiny software data analysis, the most relevant sources are Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism, and Tourism Planning and Development. In addition, thematic maps and statistical data analysis of factorial analyses are visualized. The words with the highest frequency of keywords used in the publications are sustainable development, quality of life, urban development, urban planning, slow tourism, urban areas, and globalization. A word cloud of these words was created. In the word cloud, the word(s) with the highest frequency value are visualized as larger in font size and the other words are visualized as smaller according to the frequency value and a colorful word cloud is formed. As a result, by scientifically mapping the publications on cittaslow in recent years, the existing publications have been evaluated and a road map has been drawn for researchers to get an idea.

This article examines the role of artists in the formation of city identity through Vincent Van Gogh’s artistic activities in Arles. During the time he spent in Arles between 1888 and 1889, Van Gogh deeply interacted with the city, transforming the identity of this small town and placing it in an important place in world art history. The works produced by him during his Arles period strongly reflect not only the artist’s inner world but also the natural and cultural environment of Arles. The study analyzes the interaction between artists life in Arles, the works he produced during this period and the identity of the city. The artist’s spatial perception and artistic representations of the city contributed to the perception of Arles as a global art center. Van Gogh’s presence in Arles played a key role in shaping the city’s cultural identity and its recognition worldwide. The article emphasizes the transformative effect of art and the artist on the identity of a city and examines the relationship between city and art within the framework of cultural identity and space theories. In this context, the impact of Van Gogh's artistic production on the urban identity of Arles is examined in detail. It is stated in the sources that the artist attached great importance to this city. Artists transform everyday life into an aesthetic experience by addressing cities in an emotional and sociological context and shape the cultural memory of the cities. It has been concluded that Van Gogh gave the city an artistic identity with his works in this context and carried the city far beyond its era and borders.

The administrative organization of the Republic of Türkiye is organized in accordance with the principles of centralization and decentralization. Local administrations, which have an important place among decentralized organizations, include special provincial administrations, municipalities, and villages. However, due to various reasons such as industrialization, agriculture, and tourism, population is concentrated in certain cities of the country compared to other places. In densely populated cities, continuous provision of many public services requires a special management style compared to cities with lower population density. Therefore, provision “special administrative arrangements may be introduced by law for larger urban centers” was added to Article 127 of the Constitution. Special administrative form mentioned in the article has been embodied in the administrative organization of the Republic of Türkiye as a metropolitan municipality. In provinces where metropolitan municipalities are established, a two-stage administrative form is constituted in the form of metropolitan municipalities and district municipalities. Overlaps and conflicts may arise between metropolitan municipalities and district municipalities in terms of both their areas of activity and duties they are obliged to perform. Zoning planning and zoning supervision are some of the most controversial areas in practice, because metropolitan municipalities are granted various powers in order to ensure coordination and harmony and to allow public services to be provided as required. However, in the fifth paragraph of Article 127 of the Constitution, administrative tutelage is regulated as an authority that central administration holds over local administrations. In this article, legal nature of relationship between metropolitan municipalities and district municipalities is examined. In this context, authorities granted to metropolitan municipalities by Law No. 5216, both in the preparation of zoning plans and in the supervision of district municipalities’ zoning practices, are analyzed from a legal perspective.

It is clear that future spatial planning cannot be conducted independently of data. In this study, I developed a 'smart planning system' that predicts future trends based on the relationships between construction area increase, green space changes, humidity, and extreme summer temperatures, which will form the foundation for resilient cities of the future. Initially, data on construction, humidity, green space, and temperature were collected and analyzed from four neighborhoods in the Etimesgut District of Ankara, Turkey's capital, between 2012 and 2021. The results showed that increased construction led to rises in summer temperature and humidity. In the second phase of the study, software named 'smart planning system' was created in Python, making future predictions based on the relationships among the data from the first phase. This software demonstrated that it is possible to foresee the outcomes of different interventions in the city and the impacts of construction in growing urban areas. Consequently, it was shown that finding solutions to avoid climatic and environmental negative impacts is possible, thereby making sustainable cities achievable. This research clearly shows the urban problems that can arise from human-induced environmental changes. ......... ......... ........ .......... ........ . ..... ..... ...... ........ ....... ....... ...... ........ .. ... ...... ....... .... .. .... ... .... ...... ... . ...... .... .. ..... ... ... .... ... .... ..... . .... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The field of urban planning emerged alongside population growth and urban issues during the Industrial Revolution. It has evolved beyond just urban design to encompass social, economic, and environmental aspects. Initially, urban planning was carried out by architects and urbanist-architects, but as the profession expanded, it led to the establishment of an institutional framework for training urban planners. Turkey’s urban planning discipline has followed similar trends seen in the West. The first city planning studies were carried out by experts invited from abroad, and later, assuming that sufficient professionals were trained, planning studies were carried out by professionals in Türkiye. This study focuses on the institutionalization of urban planning in Turkey until the publication of Zoning Law No. 3194. It examines the development of the first zoning plans and city planning studies in Turkey, as well as the planning studies and plans from the Republic period onwards. An analysis reveals that up to the 1960s, there was a growing emphasis on inter-scale integrity and consistency. Studies delved into detailed drawings, perspectives, views, and building typologies for urban spaces at a smaller scale. After the 1960s, inter-scale integrity and consistency began to weaken in planning processes.In the period that started with Law No. 3194, it is seen that a planning language emerged in which TAKS and KAKS values, floor heights and building arrangements were generally determined. Another criticism is that zoning regulations determine the same criteria for all cities, which do not reflect local characteristics, and this paves the way for the formation of a uniform environment. As a result, the language of planning has changed over time as a result of the growth of cities, enacted laws and interdisciplinary specialization