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**•** Strengthening local economy,

**•** Fresh water supply,

**•** Mass transit opportunities,

**•** Contaminant minimization,

**•** Energy and water saving,

**•** Improvement of living conditions,

**•** Establishment of effective infrastructure,

**•** Livable environments and neighborhoods,

**•** Qualification and adequacy of services

**•** Interaction with nearby settlements

**•** Adaption of local design styles

processes have to adapt.

**•** Protection of cultural and natural assets,

**•** Less noise pollution,

**•** Reusing,

**•** Public spaces,

**•** Open areas,

**•** Accessibility,

**•** Energy saving

**•** Sanitation facilities,

**•** Waste disposal.

288 Sustainable Urbanization

**•** Maintain infrastructure standards,

**•** Generating employment opportunities for the local economy,

At Master Development Plan and Implementation Plan levels (scale of 1/5000 and 1/1000)

With several interventions to the Turkish planning process, it has a potential to adapt sustainable type of urban planning. These interventions are related to the variables of citizen participation, monitoring, and sustainability indicators as these are the most common and important determinants of sustainable urban planning. Sustainable urban planning is not a new paradigm. It is a broader phenomenon that all types of planning approaches and planning Okan Murat Dede

Address all correspondence to: okandede@gmail.com

Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey
