SKD 601 - Historical and Cultural Foundations of Urbanization

Urbanization, in a narrow sense, describes the number of cities and the population living in cities. The urban population is the result of the difference between births and deaths in favor of the ones, and at the same time with the arrivals from the villages and towns, that is, with migration. In the cities of developing countries, as fertility tendencies are decreasing, urbanization is nourished by the influx of population, which is mostly from villagers to cities. The narrow definition of urbanism is demographic. However, urbanization is perceived to be incomplete if it is seen as a mere population movement. For this reason, when defining urbanization, it is necessary to include historical and cultural bases that create population movement. The main aim of the course is to explain the historical processes of urbanization and its effects on urbanization.

The course focuses on two main topics. Historical foundations and cultural foundations of urbanism. In the first half of the course, the historical bases of urbanization will be covered in the course. In some districts of Istanbul, urbanization will be examined. In the second half of the course, the effect of cultural bases on urbanization will be discussed. The main purpose of the course is to create a cultural and historical approach to urbanization.

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