AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF CONVERTING URBAN SETTLEMENTS INTO INDUSTRIAL AREAS

Site selection for industrial areas that have been formed or intended to be formed despite several disadvantages in order to create a workforce employment or a national economic resource in related settlements after the formation of the cities in Turkey disregarding the environmental problems has a negative effect on the environment and the people living in cities, which is one of the important national issues to be discussed. In Turkey, fragmented planning system that lacks a planning integrity creates environmental problems, which may harm natural areas and habitats. Although urban settlements can be limited by threshold analysis, which is the basic theory of planning, the rule of minimum intervention in the environment is neglected in industrial and mining areas. This study aims to examine the investments, which do no cause environmental problems due to national economic development and regional, urban or rural planning, and take the current facilities under control