Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ISUF 2021 Urban Form for Sustainable Prosperous City, Glasgow, İngiltere, 29 Haziran - 03 Temmuz 2021, ss.100-101
Change in the
production processes has been one of the significant factors that affect the
social organisation and shape the urban form. For Bursa, which was the first
Ottoman capital city, the change was stimulated with the emergence of silk
factories working with steam and the increasing need for labour starting from
the late nineteenth century. This need triggered a population flow from nearby
villages to the city's southern outskirts, through the migration routes passing
along the slopes of Uludağ mountain. Mollafenari and Ivazpasa neighbourhoods
located between the mountain and the historic city were developed as a result
of this process. Starting from the mid-twentieth century, Bursa was subject to
another, yet unprecedented migratory flow that has affected all major cities of
the country. The migrants who were mostly
originated from the surrounding villages created their squatter settlements between
the city's old neighbourhoods and the steep slopes of the mountain. The
resulting urban development did not follow any specific rules; the migrants have shaped their self-organised territories in the
close vicinity of their working places. The squatter neighbourhoods have been
consolidated through physical and social stratification that formed a whole
system. These neighborhoods that were shaped by their
residents, have acquired a strong sense of place and have proven to be socially
sustainable for almost seventy years.
However,
under the effect of
rapid transformation that the city centre is subject to, these settlements are at risk of demolition today. Therefore, thinking of their
physical and social sustainability without losing their current values and potentials is a
necessity, in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,
namely "Sustainable Cities and Communities." This study aims to analyse the urban
morphological and architectural attributes of these old squatter settlements and
discuss their sustainability as successful urban places.