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A Study on The Effect of Transportation Systems to The Evolution of The City Image – The Case of IstanbulEfsun Ekenyazıcı GüneyBahçeşehir University, Faculty Of Architecture And Design, İstanbul, TurkeyTransportation is one of the most significant dynamics that effect the urban sprawl and the image of Istanbul. From a perspective that focuses on the transformation of transportation phenomenon in Istanbul, it is possible to interpret the formal change and sprawl of the city. In this regard, the urban sprawl of the city which was parallel to the seashore first, expanded through the railway and highway axises. Later on, with the rapid, illegal and unplanned urban sprawl process, the city started to grow disorderly and has lost its identity as a seashore settlement and started to grew in fringes. So that the city had an organic character in the shape of an “oil stain” as Mübeccel Kıray stated.1 Efsun Ekenyazıcı Güney. A Study on The Effect of Transportation Systems to The Evolution of The City Image – The Case of Istanbul. Megaron. 2012; 7(1): 91-107 Corresponding Author: Efsun Ekenyazıcı Güney, Türkiye |
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