The third face-to-face event of the “Dekanlık Söyleşileri (Dean’s Talks)” series organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture of our university took place on May 12, 2022. In this event of the series, Res.Asst. H. Aysun ÖZKAN YAZAR from Urban and Regional Planning Department shared with us her presentation titled “Management and Actor Relations in Gated Housing Projects”.
The researcher started her presentation by mentioning that gated communities are not anymore just for sheltering. Instead, they are some exquisite examples of the concept of governance. ÖZKAN YAZAR said that this type of housing gathers many actors both public and private under the same roof of management and pointed out that variables like management tools, processes and management capacity are also critically important to manage those communities.
On the other hand, ÖZKAN YAZAR said that although gated communities are a physical and spatial part of the city, they are not fully integrated with the planning policies and urban management in Istanbul and have become highly controversial since their number have increased drastically over the last three decades. The researcher evaluated the semi-structured interviews which she conducted on selected housing projects and their actors like developers, site managements and local administrations. By all accounts, ÖZKAN YAZAR emphasized that it is important to develop a consistent and comprehensive legal basis to provide sustainable, efficient, and good management for gated communities. She further claimed that it is important to develop legal tools and integrate them with planning laws and institutions to uncloud institutional integration, coordination and collaboration between actors to provide good governance.
