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THE RESILIENT CITY OF THE FUTURE:
ESENLER NAR INNOVATION DISTRICT

Elçin SARI - Sevim Pelin ÖZTÜRK
İmdat AS

ABSTRACT
According to the World Bank, cities will be home to approximately 70% of the world's population by
2050. It is important for cities to highlight the resilience approach in their future plan visions due to
the increasing vulnerabilities with today's crises. Population growth and the spatial expansion of cities
cause an increase in unexpected ecological and environmental problems, pressures and negativities on
natural resources such as clean fresh water. Spatial planning discipline works on how to create urban and
regional systems that can adapt to constantly changing unexpected conditions and renew themselves
by sustaining themselves with an effort to respond to the negativities created by these new conditions.
Therefore, cities need to incorporate resiliency measures in their planning processes. It is crucial to
explore how cities can create urban and regional systems that can adapt to changing conditions, can
sustain and constantly renew themselves. In this article, we present seminal resiliency approaches
with the example of the NAR Innovation District (NAR) in Esenler, Istanbul – a future city project
supported by both the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and the Ministry
of Industry and Technology ofTürkiye. We follow the performance criteria set by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on city resiliency, i.e., economical, societal,
governance, and environmental resiliency. We demonstrate our work according to these criteria, and
offer various approaches in terms of urban planning and design, emerging technologies, and the use
of smart city applications.
Keywords: Smart Cities, Resiliency, Future Cities, Technology Development Zones, City Planning,
Urban Design

Doktora Öğrencisi, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Mail: elcin.sari@metu.edu.tr
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1229-2111
Dr. Öğretim Üyesi, İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Mail: seplnz@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1698-0344

TÜBİTAK 2232 Uluslararası Lider Araştırmacı, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Bölümü
Mail: ias@itu.edu.tr
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-4357
Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Sarı, E., Öztürk, S. P. ve As, İ. (2022).
“Geleceğin Dirençli Kenti: Esenler Nar İnovasyon Bölgesi”,
Çevre, Şehir ve İklim Dergisi. Yıl: 1. Sayı: 2. ss. 119-146.
Makale Türü: Araştırma
Geliş Tarihi: 01.06.2022
Kabul Tarihi: 28.07.2022
Yayın Tarihi: 31.07.2022
Yayın Sezonu: Temmuz 2022

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