VIRTUAL Lisbon Livable Cities

Abstract

The Istanbul Region has frequently seen attempts to improve its physical structure and efforts to improve the resilience of the city. But precautions against water shortages and canceling waterways and polluting waterways have not been seen very often. Within the scope of a large number of water-related scientific studies, policies that reveal the need for a meaningful view on existing water resources and water use in applications or current practices, and within the framework of the intended ecosystem, ecological restoration of waterflows and the problems of water (water in urban areas) use are not addressed holistically, although they are generally improved for systems, is a significant shortcoming. How can water resources and water footprint and ecological restoration be achieved? The answer to such complex or well-known questions depends precisely and clearly on addressing the integration of water footprint and water flowpath ecological restoration. One of the interesting examples of this integration issue is the road known as Büyükdere Caddesi in Istanbul. The road written with this name and shown on the map is one of the main axes of the city, toponomically expressed by the name of the river and its riverbed. Here, the total amount of water used by society using the street during production, consumption and trade of goods and services is evident. Within the scope of society’s perception of the flow ecology of water, allocating its resources and changing the physical environment, it is important to integrate the objects that determine the strategy and the relationship between them.