Notes

Nowadays, most communities have suffering a transformation which about being forced to live in urban settlements. It is clear that urban regeneration is unavoidable. Unfortunately, urban regeneration has crucial effects in terms of psychological, economical and sociological.

Firstly, most of people have a passionate about their homeland. Urban regeneration first level is emigrating local citizens for a while. Unfortunately, after the transformation, it never be same. Clearly, it is a disappointment for locals.

From the economic perspective, urban regeneration result in social problems such as cultural conflicts among locals and strangers. To illustrate, İstanbul culture has been spoiled within the decades due to the immigrations stemmed from urban regeneration. Hence, Turks have weak collective memory, thus urban regeneration affects critically social dynamics.

When it comes to economical aspect, after the urban regeneration, salvage house get rid off and flashy apartments be built. Thus, wealthy people are tended to migrate regenerated areas. Nevertheless, this process cause a gap between rich and poor. This results in suburban places which has strictly separated from urban settlements.

To sum up, urban regeneration can be defined as a process of transformation of old buildings with a modern harmony due to the meet the needs of over population. Unfortunately, urban regeneration has been resulted in sociological, economical and psychological problems for locals and strangers.