Assessment of Urban Development and Green Area Planning Process by Participant Swot Analysis Method: A Case of Bingol Province

Abstract

The changing living conditions and the inability to meet the economic, social and cultural needs of the people in the rural areas, caused migration to urban areas. Unexpected population increases revealed the need for housing and caused the cities to spread rapidly from the city center to outside the city center. Uncontrolled and unplanned sprawl has become an important element of pressure on ecological habitats such as open-green areas, agricultural areas, pastures, and forest areas. This situation also revealed the problem of urban management. Urban management is a concept that includes many of the issues in a healthy way up to the planning of urban settlements from the provision of urban services. The urban management necessitates a long-term planning strategy with a participatory approach and transparent management. In this study, it is aimed to present the current state of the relationship between urbanization process and green area planning of Bingol Province and to examine urbanization strategies in line with economic, administrative and political changes with a participatory approach. SWOT and TOWS analysis methods, were used in the study, which is accepted as planning methods. In the SWOT analysis conducted with the 18-person working group consisting of representatives from different institutions, 62 internal and external factors affecting urbanization-landscape relationship were determined for Bingol city. These factors were scored between 0 and 4 points by the 41-person evaluation group. According to the score, the weaknesses were found to be 2. 93-3.73, strengths 1.66-2.59, opportunities 1.95-3.07 and threats 2.59-3.46. According to the results and priorities, sustainable urbanization and greenfield development strategies have been proposed for the research area by using TOWS method.

The Evaluation of Green Infrastructure Performance in Bingöl City in Line With ‘Social Design Approach

“…Bu nedenle araştırma kapsamında katılımcılardan kentin yeşil altyapısının belirlenen 16 kriter doğrultusunda değerlendirilmesi istenmiştir. Araştırma alanında Vural (2019) tarafından yapılan başka bir araştırmada ise kent parkları özelinde değerlendirme yapılmıştır.…”

“…Buna göre kent parkları fonksiyon alanları ve donatı birimlerinin yeterliliği için yapılan değerlendirme sonuçlarının 1,66 ile 2,73 arasında değiştiği görülmüştür. Ayrıca kentin en fazla ziyaret edilen parkları; Kültür parkı, Kent parkı, B. S. Nursi parkı ve 15 Temmuz Şehitler parkı için genel memnuniyet ortalamaları sırasıyla 2,28; 2,24; 2,1 ve 1,89 puan olarak belirlenmiştir (Vural, 2019).…”