The analysis of the integration problems of river cities with the river in terms of planning and design

Main purpose of this study is the examination of the problems of the combination of the river with the city in aspects of legal regulations, cultural and spatial issues, and the research of the combination of the river with the city within the urban design and planning approach. It is known that there are many rivers streaming through the cities in Turkey. Why many of these cities are not getting benefit from these rivers is one of the main questions of this paper and the solution is searched in legal, cultural, and spatial issues. Additionally, the constraints occurred by the means of legislation?s protection, manipulation, and planning are examined, and possible cultural problems which prevent people from using the rivers are searched, and also how the rivers shape their own coasts and around is studied from spatial perspective, and how the usage of the rivers have changed from past to today, and what kind of regulations are available now and what needs to be done and designed in the future about coasts are all examined. In the scope of this study, firstly the studies about the topic are examined via literature review, and then the needed information about the regulation of rivers is obtained from different state institutions and organizations. European samples about planning of the river coasts examined, and finally observations are done in the sampling places as Adapazarı (Çark Stream and Sakarya River), Eskişehir (Porsuk River), and Amasya (Yeşilırmak). Interviews and surveys are done with the experts in planning and technical issues with in-depth interview method in all of these sampled places. The problems about getting benefit from rivers in cities are specified with a public survey conducted in Amasya, and the participants chosen randomly. As a result of all of these, it is clear that cities cannot be combined with their rivers spatially because of legal constraints in Turkey. In the result part, after all these data are examined, suggestions about how to use rivers in cities effectively in aspects of urban design are presented.Riverside cities, The Integration Of The City River,Porsuk River,Yeşilırmak River,Çark River, Riverside Design