This report is an investigation of how architecture can support the integration and employment of displaced populations in the urban context of Izmir in Turkey. Izmir has been a host to a large number of refugees and migrants for many decades. This has put pressure on the city to provide these groups with adequate city services they would need when arriving in the city. The report focuses on how different actors in the city can be involved in order to develop sustainable urban strategies that could support entrepreneurship and employment. The report goes through how this could strengthen a more inclusive and diverse city development that in a long-term perspective could support the integration of people arriving in the city. The report is going through the current asylum and work permit process in Turkey to get a brief understanding of the current issues that displaced groups are facing when arriving, and what kind of supportive networks that currently exist in the urban context of Izmir, and how an architectural project could plug into it. To get an insight, in the context of Izmir, information has been gathered through interviews, discussions, mapping, local publications, and articles. The report has been complemented with research related to urban and planning strategies in both developed and developing countries to get a wider understanding of how to intervein with a project proposal in the inner city of Izmir. The importance of diverse and collaborative initiatives amongst developers, and authorities become relevant to strive towards a sustainable urban renewal process in developing countries. Clear and updated planning policies taken forward in close conversation with the municipalities, developers, and actors in the city could support sustainable urban growth. In a long-term perspective, this could support displaced groups to find paths into diverse and adequate future work opportunities. The report is concluded with a project investigation in how displaced populations could be received in the urban context of Izmir through employment and career guidance platforms, alongside a production program that could support these activities and encourage production development initiatives.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-184238 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Holmlund, Ida |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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