Kentler ve Yeni Kentsel Kuramlar: Kentleşmeyi Merkezine Alan Üç Kuram Üzerine

Bugün çoğunluğu kentlerde yaşayan nüfusun, yakın gelecekte kentleşme eğiliminin de devam etmesiyle, daha da artacağı kesin olarak beklenmektedir. Geleceğin kentlerinin bugünün kentlerinden farklı olacağı bilinmektedir. Bu noktada kentlere ilişkin araştırmaların önemi de artmaktadır. Bu makalede yakın zamanda öne çıkan üç farklı kentleşme yaklaşımı, Gezegensel Kentleşme, Postkoloniyal Kentleşme ve Birleşmeler Kentleşmesi ele alınacaktır. Farklı kuramsal düşünce temellerine sahip ancak aralarındaki sınır çizgileri keskin olmayan bu üç yaklaşımın ortak özelliği, şehirlere, kentleşmeye ve kentselliğe ilişkin bugüne kadar bilinegelen doğrusallıkları, hiyerarşileri ve sınıflandırmaları eleştirmesidir. Gezegensel Kentleşme kent-kır ikilemini, Postkolonyal Kentleşme Küresel Kuzey-Güney veya Batı-Doğu ikilemini ve Birleşmeler Kentleşmesi de geçmişi-potansiyeli, gerçekleşeni-olasılığı veya sosyal-nesnel olanı sorgulamaktadır. Makalede, bu üç kentsel yaklaşıma yönelik eleştiriler de dikkate alınarak, genel bir değerlendirme yapılmaktadır.

Cities and New Urban Theories: On Three Theories That Center Urbanization

Today, the majority of the population living in cities is expected to increase with the continuation of urbanization trend in the near future. It is known that the cities of the future will be different from the cities of today. At this point, the importance of the researches about the cities increases. In this article, three recent urbanization approaches, Planetary Urbanization, Postcolonial Urbanization and Assemblage Urbanization will be discussed. The common feature of these three approaches, which have different theoretical thought bases with no delineating lines among them, is that they criticize the ongoing linearities, hierarchies and classifications of cities on urbanization and urbanity. Planetary and Postcolonial Urbanization question urban-rural dilemma and Global North-South or West-East divide, respectively while Assemblage Urbanization examines past-potential, actual-virtual or social-practical. In the article, a general evaluation is carried out by taking criticisms towards these three urban approaches into consideration.

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