Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Cooperation for Climate and Green Deal Symposium, Samsun, Türkiye, 24 - 26 Ekim 2022, ss.583-590
The first two decades of 21st century have marked critical global problems that kept on growing,
exceeding the limits of ecological, economic and social thresholds in different scales ranging
from individual to societal or to national and global. The conventional systems that tried to
relieve the emerging crises, and tackle the problems through de facto policies and planning
approaches did not provide sustainable solutions. The unequal distribution of resources, inc-
reasing inequalities in accessing urban services (housing, transportation, green infrastructure,
social amenities) and the growing gap between different income groups increased vulnerabilities
within societies while anthropogenic effects on ecosystem services, environmental deteriorati-
on, consumption of non-renewable energy sources, excessive GHG emission and pollution con-
sequently led up to long term problems of climate change (climate crisis). Today, triple crisis of
economic, social and environmental problems points out to a potential systemic tipping point,
in which new solutions are searched for in political, academic and planning agenda. Under these
circumstances European Green Deal emerged as a response to the global challenges and crises
that are dominating diverse aspects of current ecological, social and economic systems. While
urban areas and people are the main generators of aforementioned crises, they are also the
ones that are vastly affected by the consequences. In this framework, this paper aims to analyze
transformative paradigm shift that vastly impact urban areas and unravel the parallels betwe-
en Green Deal policies and citizen well-being. The concept of well-being aims to re-establish a
harmonious relationship between society and nature, ensuring a fair distribution of resources
and providing prosperous living conditions in flexible communities. In order to sustain well-be-
ing; objective and subjective factors, hedonic and eudaimonic approaches, and individual and
community levels should be supported. This paper assesses the potential of the European Green
Deal to encompass a collective well-being approach through a transformative paradigm shift.