Akıllı kavramının kente uygulanması, eleştirel bir değerlendirme: Türkiye örneği

For decades cities have brought various concepts in order to create self-sustaining natural urban environments for future generations. Rapidly developing technologies have always been involved in this process and evolved together. Today, the world is experiencing the information age with the development of the Internet network, which allows instant data collection and quick dissemination of information. Parallel to this trend, cities have embraced latest technological developments and brought a relatively new model called the Smart City, which this thesis focuses on. The main aim of this thesis is to develop an in- depth understanding of the smart city concept with a critical approach, as it is quite a comprehensive subject with both opponent and proponents. After constituting a clear understanding of what the smart city is and what it requires to be successful, the thesis offers a new framework to critically assess the application of the smart to the city. This framework offers a triple analysis that focuses on technology, governance capability and user awareness. Turkey is the selected case study for the thesis, and smart mobility is chosen as the main area of research. The abovementioned triple analysis is used in order to first find out the extend of smart mobility technologies in use in Turkish cities, then assess governance capability, and finally examine citizen awareness regarding smart city and smart mobility applications, with the overarching aim of evaluating the effectiveness and future viability of these applications in Turkey.