Cittaslow: Fluctuating between improvement andcommodification of 'quality of life'two case studies: abbiategrasso and Seferihisar
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- Tez No: 645726
- Danışmanlar: PROF. DR. CAROLİNA PACCHI
- Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans
- Konular: Şehircilik ve Bölge Planlama, Urban and Regional Planning
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Urban Planning Policies, Cittaslow Movement, Quality of Life, Commercialization, Abbiategrasso and Seferihisar
- Yıl: 2016
- Dil: İngilizce
- Üniversite: Politecnico di Milano
- Enstitü: Yurtdışı Enstitü
- Ana Bilim Dalı: Belirtilmemiş.
- Bilim Dalı: Belirtilmemiş.
- Sayfa Sayısı: 156
Özet
In the 21st century, as a result of improvement of mass production technologies and ICT revolution, products and ideas are moving all around the world at an incredible pace. Identical planning ideas or policies are being applied in different territories in order to take a part in the global competition of cities. Lieto (2013) argues that“Planning ideas cannot be viewed as facts or bare truth, least of all fixed ”things“ that can be moved from one city to another. Rather, they are myths”(p.1). Inappropriately, what we see in contemporary cities is contradictory to the thoughts of Lieto. This condition is same for the small towns. Saturnini, the founder of Cittaslow, has illustrated that“Cities are all becoming uniform; they are losing their identity, their soul. He recognised that, in the long run, cities would suffer for becoming large global metropolises with no local connections. In other words, cities will become ”everywhere communities“ (Calthorpe and Fulton cited in Radstrom, 2011) losing the sense of place which had defined them for centuries”(Radstrom, 2011, p.91). At that point, Cittaslow has arisen as a reaction to the severe effects in urban areas originating from homogenization. In contradiction, critics has emerged regards to Cittaslow vulnerability to global branding, and marketing approaches, that be influential for the cities' economies and growth strategies. (Mayer, and Knox. 2010) According to these approaches, Cittaslow philosophy, and its international network will be analysed within two critical questions, first of them is: What kind of guidelines it offers to the small cities; whether the Cittaslow criteria offer a framework that helps to improve the quality of life or to commodify the good life? Eventually, this evaluation will enable to find out how the Cittaslow idea is being applied to the cities regards to 'quality of life', as well as, for whom? By establishing deeper knowledge of its criteria and organizational structure can lead the investigation into the answers of these questions, at the same time, an extensive critique of the Cittaslow network can be established with its strengths and weakness. At the same time two case studies, which are selected from different countries, will help us to observe how implication of Cittaslow policies differs in a diverse planning context. Abbiategrasso, a neighbour city of Milano and Seferihisar which is located within Izmir Metropolitan Region will be studied comprehensively.
Özet (Çeviri)
This thesis gives specific attention to the Cittaslow Movement as an international network that offers“A different way of development, based on the improving of life quality”1 to the small cities, and argues about its effects on the different countries; in a diverse planning context, whether the implication of its policies differs or not. The investigative question of the thesis is: how the Cittaslow idea is being applied to the cities regards to 'quality of life', as well as, for whom? As a beginning point, the first chapter introduces the topic and the way of research; brief information is given about why the Cittaslow idea has been chosen, why it is remarkable for an investigation. In the same chapter, the aim and the methods of the thesis are stated, as well. The thesis combines both theoretical and empirical research. Theoretical research is used for establishing a better understanding of the Slow City Movement and two initiating movements which are Slow Movement and Slow Food. In addition to this, a comprehensive evaluation of Cittaslow organisational structure and policies are done under the light of its own legal documents. By the help of several scholars' papers and books, the theoretical part is finalized. Empirical research is completed for challenging the different application of Cittaslow idea, both in Italy, where the idea has arisen at first, and in Turkey, where the Cittaslow Movement is quite new but popular. For the empirical part, field surveys are organized for both Abbiategrasso and Seferihisar. In the meantime, interviews with both municipal employees and inhabitants are made. Roots of the Cittaslow, as the second chapter, mainly focuses on the emergence of Cittaslow Movement, as well as its relation with two main trigger movements that let Cittaslow Movement came into existence: Slow Food and Slow Movement. All these movements go hand in hand and try to find an answer for a 1 http://www.Cittaslow.org/section/association (Retrieved Date 17.04.2016) xvi better quality of life in various aspects. On one hand, Slow Movement as an individual uprising encompasses all kind of slow living and lets various slow communities occur in every aspect of the life; such as slow living, travelling, working, and so on. On the other hand, Slow Food as“A global, grassroots organization”2 has a specific role against to massive standardization of food in the contemporary world. After that, the idea of Cittaslow has arisen as a reaction to the severe effects in urban areas originating from homogenization. As a first inference, the name of“Cittaslow”is made up of one Italian word“citta”means city and an English word“Slow”. The term of“Slow”gained another mean within the Cittaslow Movement that refers: a different way of development, based on the improving of life quality. 3 Even if these three movements share similar philosophies, their way to come into existence and expansion policies can be contrasted with each other easily. Therefore; to resolve their organisational structures of each movement and to distinguish their differences and similarities are the main goals of the second chapter. In the third chapter, the focus will be on two main topics: How Cittaslow idea works in an institutional manner in order to enable the movement to be spread out around the world since the beginning of the foundation and what kind of framework it offers to the small cities either to improve the quality of life or to commercialisation of good life. The Cittaslow associational structure is studied with regards to both in global and national scale. While the main point is to figure out the relationship between several Slow Cities at international level and at the national level, another point is to examine the linkage between different hierarchical bodies within Cittaslow organisational structure. Moreover, Cittaslow official documents are investigated in order to understand its charter. Formal and content evaluation of requirement of excellence helps to recognize each policy that is being applied so as to become Cittaslow. Establishing deeper knowledge of Cittaslow goals and organizational structure can lead the survey into an extensive critique of the Cittaslow network with its strengths and weakness. 2 http://www.slowfood.com (Retrieved Date 17.04.2016) 3 http://www.Cittaslow.org/section/association (Retrieved Date 17.04.2016) xvii With the intention of taking a step forward to case studies which are located in Italy and Turkey, each of them is examined at the national scale in the fourth chapter. In the same chapter, the main intention is to investigate how the idea of Cittaslow differs among different countries, more precisely in Italy – Abbiategrasso and Turkey - Seferihisar. Under the light of empirical research, these case studies will examine comprehensively in order to discover different and similar application of Cittaslow policy, as well as, to understand if there is any effect of Cittaslow strategies in the spatial planning. Final Chapter, the fifth chapter, mainly includes a brief summary of the research and findings.
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