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Investigation of Urban Green Areas from The Framework of
Sustainable Urbanization on The Case of Amasya

capita indicate that it has become a part of the characteristics of a developed
society (Karataş and Kılıç, 2017:61). Many regulations, statutes and laws contain
provisions related to urban green spaces:
In the Regulation on Spatial Plans Construction (RSPC) on the implementation
of Land Development Planning Law No. 3194, green spaces are defined as
social infrastructure areas as such;
“open and green spaces such as outdoor and indoor sports facilities, parks,
children’s grounds, playgrounds, squares, recreational areas ...... that are built
by public or private sector to meet the cultural, social and recreational needs
of individuals and society and to increase their quality of lives and healthy
environment” (RSPC, 2014).
It is also stated in Land Development Planning Law that it is necessary “....
to have open spaces such as parks, playgrounds, squares as well as the utilities
such as general and regional parking lots, sports facilities and to connect the
planned sub-centers with each other and with main center through a continuous
public transport, cycling and pedestrian transport, open and green spaces” in
the neighbourhoods which is the basic element of urban planning (RSPC, 2014).
In addition, according to RSPC master development plan where land
use, transportation and density decisions are taken, it is expressed that
“open spaces such as parks, children’s ground, playground, squares at the
neighbourhood and local area scale should be designed together with the
centers” (Article 23/4) and it is necessary “to plan open and green spaces with
other social and technical infrastructure areas as a whole together with the
centers in an accessible way” (Article 23/5) (RSPC, 2014).
In conclusion, it is aimed to plan green spaces, which will serve the city at
different scales, in accordance with the standards, especially in the master
development plans where land use decisions are made, and to make applications
for sustainable urbanization that improves quality of life by including them
in the implementary development plans (Dinç et al., 2020:59). In the light of
the decisions taken in the master development plans, and by means of the
planing for green spaces in implementary development plans and notes and
thus, architectural, urban design and landscaping applications, cities will be
able to turn into greener, breathable, livable and high-quality spaces. For this
reason, it is necessary to discuss the compliance of urban green spaces with
planning standards by examining the different types and the populations they
serve. Along with the examination of the number, nature and areas covered by
green spaces, insufficient and unqualified green areas are identified. Thus, it is
revealed that it is required to design high-quality green spaces accessible by
everyone in the cities having insufficient green spaces, and it will be possible to
achieve positive results by improving this condition.

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