a critical evaluation on the concept of justice in planning process

application and control of plan decisions taken regarding implementation process.
Therefore, related municipal organization is authorized to realize the intervention and
control of spatial arrangements inside municipal boundaries in the name of public.
Balçova settlement has become a county in 1992 and in the same year, its
dependent municipal organization has reestablished which had been closed in 1980. On
the other hand, Narlıdere settlement has been consolidated with Güzelbahçe and become
a county named as Narlıbahçe. In 1993, Narlıbahçe has been divided into two counties
named as Narlıdere and Güzelbahçe. 60 1993 is the establishment year of the independent
municipal organization inside today’s municipal boundaries.
Population growth of both two settlements existing in the left axis of zmir city
has become more rapid after 1975. These regions that have an important agricultural
potential until 1980’s, have been included in the Master Plan of Metropolitan Area in
1978. Particularly, the region existing inside the boundaries of Sahilevleri,
Bahçelerarası, nciraltı and surrounded by coast and zmir-Çe me Highway was
declared as 1 st Degree Area that agricultural quality has to be protected. (See Figure:
4.1&4.1A ) First development plans were made separately for these two settlements in
accordance with the above mentioned decision and approved by the Ministry of
Construction and Settlement in 1981. (See Figure: 4.2 and 4.3) Existing populations
during that plan making process were; Balçova: 30.030 and Narlıdere: 23.100. In the
plans approved in 1981, decisions were taken regarding protection of the area having
agricultural quality and development of the area was directed towards existing built-up
area. First plans, which were made after the enactment of the Development Act
No.3194, had many revisions and alterations. These plans were graded in between
1981-2003 and planning process was realized partially according to these revisions.
This process can be seen in Figure: 4.4 and Figure:4.5.
Between 1980-2000, populations of these two settlements were; Balçova: 68.084
and Narlıdere: 53.281 with a growth of more then 50% in twenty years time. Thus,
settlement area boundaries, determined in the plans in 1981, were expanded and
densities inside existing settlement area were increased. Hence, it can be observed that,
existing agricultural intensity and agricultural lands become less with parallel to the
practices in Türkiye and zmir. Besides, agricultural lands couldn’t be protected as
decided in the Master Plan of Metropolitan Area and in the plans approved in 1981.
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