Local Agenda 21 Practices: Harran, Turkey

The research aims to approach the issues not only from the point of view of state but from the point of view of all actors to whom responsibility is assigned while mentioning the implementation in Turkey by assessing the philosophy of Local Agenda 21 Program. The implementation of the Harran Municipality implementing the Local Agenda 21 program was investigated within this scope. The level of achievement of the Local Agenda 21 adopted in Turkey and policies in the reviewed sample implementation were assessed. The paper includes proposals that will allow all local administrations in Turkey to query their own programs within the framework of the local Agenda 21 action program in a manner to participate in the process o urban transformation, to come up with local sustainable development policies and establish short and long term strategic plans aimed at solving problems.

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Reyhan GENLI YIGITER is an assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Architectural Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. Funda YIRMIBESOGLU is full associated professor in the same department, Architectural Faculty of Istanbul Technical University.