Assessment of the probable effects of planned investments in urban renewal areas on urban form using gravity model and GIS: The case of Izmir

The concept of urban renewal, especially in metropolitan cities, including both the built and the natural environment, describes a process that affects the city macro form and changes in terms of global, economic, political and social aspect. A case of renewal, for it contains the changes that occur in the process, all aspects of the city to recognize and understand the city's development brings with it. In this thesis, there are 11 regions that are defined as "Rehabilitation-Renewal Program Areas" in the metropolitan city, according to the 1/25000 scale Izmir Urban Regional Master Plan (IKBNIP) prepared by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Comparing the results in the case of implementation of planned investments with plan decisions that affect the resident population settle in "disadvantaged" parts of the city from social and economic aspects, besides the limited opportunities for physical environment, and the results in the current situation of these program areas is the main crucial goal of the study. Additionally, evaluating the size of the physical and planning is another goal of the thesis. According to these goals, the Lowry - Garin model and Hansen model will be used as quantitative methods. These models have taken place as a tool in line with the concept of the city dealing with economic and geographic dimensions of interaction and decision-support processes. The distribution of the population, basic and service employment will be determined spatially between residence areas and work zones. The spatial analysis will be converted to the thematic maps, using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) softwares.