Evaluation of ecological city design examples

Since the first begin of human kind, people tended to live in harmony with the nature and received their necessary needs from it. With time, their needs changed and with the increase of population natural sources got consumed, in addition, with the climate changes occuring environmental problems have started. Rapid and uncontrollable population rise triggered unplanned urbanization and along with it, social and economical inequalities surfaced. Together with the technological developments from Industrial Revolution, environmental pollutions, unhealthy and dense populated habitats formed and this lead the way for first studies after the second half of 20th century. Ecological architecture can be defined as the whole of sustainable methods made up of while considering future generations, prioritizing the usage of renewable energy sources, sensitive to environment, embracing energy-efficient design, caring about the comfort and security of people. This study has been prepared to show the way for the designers in ecological urban design.