Istanbul Challenges and Strategies

Using the research time you have in the breakout room and the scanned pages from the textbook fill in
the information for the challenge and/or strategy you have been assigned.

Table 2 – Strategies to overcome the challenges facing Istanbul

Strategy you are researching (circle)
Summarise the strategy
Social impacts?
Economic impacts?
Environmental impacts?
Is the strategy effective? Has it helped reduce
the challenge? How do you know this?
Extra examples/data that is important to help
explain how the challenge has an impact on
Istanbul/Turkey.
Earthquake mitigation
Air quality
Housing quality
Traffic congestion
Does Istanbul have a sustainable future
They have launched projects which have been
successful to a degree and projects tend to
prioritise one aspect of sustainability and some
progress is being made. Istanbul has created
more new infrastructure projects; they have the
World Heritage listing for the city’s Historical
Peninsula and tourism is being managed
differently.
The way tourism is managed will be significant
for Istanbul as it is income will be able to
support communities without damaging their
culture and heritage of their city. The new
infrastructure made could attract more tourists
and their historical sites are being preserved,
residents are also encouraged to engage with
these sites.
The infrastructure projects have improved
connectivity and the construction projects
provide employment. On top of this, Istanbul is
opening a new airport. They are putting a place
a Bus Rapid Transit which will allow more
places to be connected which will allow
employees to go work and getting better jobs at
better locations. Bus passengers tend to walk to
catch their buses, brining extra business to shops
and cafes around the transport hubs.
The new infrastructure projects have led to tree
cover being reduced and there are few public
parks. There is an imbalance between where
people work and live which could have a major
impact on traffic congestion and reduce the
demand on the bridges and ferries across the
Bosphorus. Building more pedestrian paths
means less of a need to drive cars so less traffic.
The development of Metrobus: a Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) network with dedicated bus lanes
to bypass traffic jams. The use of buses means
that less cars will be on the road so less
pollution will be produced.

You will be working on one section in your breakout rooms.

The challenge/strategy that you haven’t researched today, will be given to you on our return to school.
If you have typed your groups notes – please email them to your group and to me so I can get a copy
for everyone J
 Istanbul Challenges and Strategies
Using the research time you have in the breakout room and the scanned pages from the textbook fill in
the information for the challenge and/or strategy you have been assigned.

You will be working on one section in your breakout rooms.

The challenge/strategy that you haven’t researched today, will be given to you on our return to school.
If you have typed your groups notes – please email them to your group and to me so I can get a copy
for everyone J