Megaron (Oct 2011)
The Effects of 5216th Metropolitan Municipalities Law on the Planning Process of Town Municipalities
Abstract
With the Law of Metropolitan Municipalities (5216th) enacted in 2004, administrative changes occured to the status of town municipalities. While the authority border of metropolitan areas enlarged, changes were made to the administrative status of many town municipalities which were in, or on the fringesof, metropolitan areas. The aim of the 5216th Law of Metropolitan Municipalities, is to control and direct the spatial development of metropolitan areas and to provide planned and effective urban development for cities and their outskirts. This regulation has far-reaching results, the most important of which is to create an effective control mechanism on the town municipalities whose sphere of authority operates within the region of metropolitan cities. The aim of this study is to analyze the results of this law. To this end, the town municipalites of Aksu, Beldibi, Çalkaya, Çığlık, Doyran, Döşemealtı, Düzlerçamı, Pınarlı, Varsak, Yeşilbayır and Yurtpınar, all of which were beyond the Antalya Metropolitan Area before Law 5216th was introduced, were analyzed in terms of planning approach. In this comparative analysis, plan modifications were used to observe changes in the planning approach of town municipalities, with the aim of discovering if there were differences in, or changes to, their approach and process before and after the regulation.
