İzmir Narlıdere'de Kentsel Dönüşüm Projesinin Uygulanmasında Gecekondu Maliklerinin Karşılaşabileceği Sorunlar

Abstract

Based on the Critical Urban Theory, the study addresses the housing problem of the poor against neoliberal housing production in İzmir. The problem of research is the dispossession of the poor with the rent gap pressure created by neoliberal housing production. The situation of the poor living in the squatter area of the Narlıdere, İkinci İnönü Neighborhood against the neoliberal housing production is examined. The study is methodologically pluralistic and it is based on institutional, spatial, and digital data, quantitative and qualitative field study. The squatter area is surrounded by luxury housing development and was declared as an area under disaster risk according to law number 6306. The transformation project which directly affects the squatter housing residents has been planning. The transformation project is market-based and focuses on spatial transformation. The research findings and Housing Affordability Index calculations which take the housing prices and household income into account show that the urban renewal process will result in slum clearance and residents of the squatters may encounter social, economic, and spatial problems.