Kitap Hakkında

The twenty-first century is regarded as a pivotal era of mobility and fluidity in human history. Global migration waves, triggered by climate crises, socio-economic inequalities and geopolitical conflicts, are irreversibly transforming our cities not only demographically but also physically, ecologically and morphologically. For decades, traditional planning disciplines have created static cities with clearly defined boundaries, predicated on the assumption of "sedentarism." Today, however, in the face of the polycrises of our age, the anthropocentric spatial paradigm—which perceives space merely as a controllable void—is completely dissolving.

The present book approaches the phenomena of "migration" and "mobility" as permanent, transformative dynamics that enrich the urban landscape, continuously reproduce space and must be positioned at the very center of design. In our contemporary era, the urban landscape has definitively ceased to be a passive aesthetic backdrop surrounding buildings. On the contrary, the landscape has evolved into the most critical infrastructure; it has become the "arrival infrastructures" where migrants anchor themselves to the city, the therapeutic spaces where the traumas of forced displacement are healed, the "liminal

spaces" where diverse cultures interact and the primary grounds where urban justice is produced. This study delineates a multi-layered theoretical framework ranging from the macro-sociological theories of migration to urban morphology and ultimately to macro-planning policies.

This book serves as an interdisciplinary manifesto of "Spatial Justice," encompassing landscape architecture, urban planning, environmental psychology and sociology. The primary objective is to provide a theoretical foundation for the production of permeable and democratic living environments that allow differences to flow freely and are resiliently adaptable alongside nature and all other living beings, rather than cities that fragment in the face of crises.

I extend my deepest gratitude to all esteemed colleagues whose contributions and innovative research have broadened our horizons, to humanity, which redefines urban space every day through its existence and to all designers who will conceive the multispecies, inclusive and just cities of the future.

It is my hope that this book will serve as an inspiring guide for all readers in their pursuit of a more livable and equitable world.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arzu ALTUNTAŞ