Abstract
This article brings the contemporary thinking and practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution of current environmental problems in Istanbul, Turkey. With a fast-growing population of over 15 million, Istanbul is both the largest city in Europe and the world’s 5th largest city in terms of population within city limits. Such cities face more immediate problems than those in the developed world and have fewer resources to deal with them. The article first considers the context of Turkey, and then reviews issues of poverty alleviation, industry, transportation, energy, water, sewage and sanitation, and finance. Finally, it proposes a 5-year plan to help alleviate the urban environmental problems of this transcontinental city utilizing a real-world database compiled from Turkish government documents and a limited budget.
Highlights
The article first considers the context of Turkey, and reviews issues of poverty alleviation, industry, transportation, energy, water, sewage and sanitation, and finance. It proposes a 5-year plan to help alleviate the urban environmental problems of this transcontinental city utilizing a real-world database compiled from Turkish government documents and a limited budget
Urban Environmental Management (UEM) has been receiving increasing attention since 1970 in both developed countries, where it has emerged as a subject of academic research and professional interest, and in developing countries, where it has become increasingly an area of donor concern as well
It is more like planning or engineering rather than geography, economics or sociology; and it represents an integrated view of environmental problems at city, and increasingly, regional level
Summary
Istanbul is one of the oldest cities in the world with a history of over 8500 years, but unique to many ancient cities, it was not founded near any major freshwater resource like a lake or river (ISKI, 2020). The administration is in charge of 3 main tasks: planning construction and operation of water supply, planning construction and operation of wastewater and stormwater drainage, and protection of surface waters including seas, lakes, rivers, as well as groundwater sources (Ozturk & Dursun, 2015). Water resource locations in Istanbul are unbalanced, with 77% of resources located on the Asian side, including the Melen System, where only 35% of the population resides (Ozturk et al, 2017). This odd distribution does not pose a problem if water can be consistently and efficiently transported to necessary areas.
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