This thesis analyzes the process of proactive urban design in a theoretical framework. It
asks searching questions about how built environments are conceived of, designed,
delivered, protected, enhanced and managed, and it explores these by examining the
proactive planning practices in Britain. It defines the proactive approach firstly as / how
both the spatial policy and detailed guidance express and prescribe the desired physical
form, and secondly / how this is pursued through active negotiation. While encompasses
land use planning, spatial planning goes beyond physical planning with a clearly defined
local vision which emphasises social, economic and environmental values. This
inclusive approach defines urban design as a spatial policy describing both the form and
the life of the city. It deals with how urban design infuses planning policies at all levels.
The case study looks into policy mechanisms associated with the delivery of good urban
design. It represents the proactive planning practice through involvement, partnership
working and negotiation processes based on a sustainable community strategy. It
focuses on the policies influencing design quality and how these shape the decisionmaking
processes of public and private sector stakeholders resulting in better quality of
built environment and a more vibrant public realm. This study examines the social
structure that developed the proactive approach for best practice to become common
practice. It explains the lessons to learn from the definition of spatial planning process with its context and implementation tools, even if these might not be adapted to Turkey without the same intellectual and philosophical backgrounds.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611534/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2010 |
| Creators | Borazanci, Duygu |
| Contributors | Gunay, Baykan |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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