Abstract :
The aim of this study is to assess the city plans guiding spatial and functional development process of Konya city with historical point of view. The study is discussed in a methodological framework which based on comparative assessment of visual materials. These materials are consist of land use maps, development plans and planning reports of the Konya city. In the wake of these discussions, three climaxes were brought out in planning history of Konya city. The first one is the comprehensive planning period dating from the mid-1940s to the end of 1960s. Spatial development of the city in this period was designed for the whole of the city, guided with plans. Industrialization and migration due to rapid urbanization period is the second climax. In this period, effect of which lasted up to 1980s, segmental planning approach, which searches out a solution for increasing housing and industrial area needs, superseded comprehensive plan works. The last one is period of contradictions in terms of planning approach. In this period starting from 1980s, although macro-plan works were conducted, spatial development of the city were determined to have been directed mostly with urban renewal projects and reconstruction amnesties, also contradicting with macro plan decisions.
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land use , development plan , planning process , spatial development
