Hassina Nafa
Girne Amerikan Universitesi, Architecture, Faculty Member
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AbstractThis paper examines conventional forms of tourism-CT and discusses how it can be converted into more diversified forms of tourism-DT by using sustainable rural tourism. Cyprus is used as a case study to show the move away from... more
AbstractThis paper examines conventional forms of tourism-CT and discusses how it can be converted into more diversified forms of tourism-DT by using sustainable rural tourism. Cyprus is used as a case study to show the move away from conventional tourism to a more diversified tourism within a global tourism trends. In order to achieve the utilisation of existing and emerging tourism capacities, a categorisation of tourism approaches is evaluated to assess the extent of sustaining tourism diversification. The paper identifies and discusses the formation and deformation processes of tourism by contextualising and clarifying tourism policies and planning processes at macro- and micro-levels, based on literature analysis and national surveys, including statistics, questionnaires and workshops. This research provides an overall framework in asserting values of different tourism forms to enable capacity utilisation, which refers to the collaborative existence of different forms of tourism and their interaction between each other, in order to balance the impact in achieving a context-based sustainable tourism development. The findings of the research provide groundwork for long-term tourism management on developing strategies, policies on future sustainable development forecasting.
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PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast FORTMED 2016, Florence November 9-11 2016.
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In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial changes in its structures. Today, cities are experiencing an increasing number of complex problems regarding internal and external connections,... more
In the last decades, the Mediterranean region is experiencing economic, social, and spatial changes in its structures. Today, cities are experiencing an increasing number of complex problems regarding internal and external connections, reflecting on the city structural realm. The physical transformation of territories in general and cities in particular are associated with external trends, such as migration, post-colonization affects, social changes, economic, and political activities. The paper concludes how coastlines act as an interface between internal and external transitions of the Mediterranean region, and highlights those territories as important defensive lines which could embrace the Mediterranean challenges. The attitude of coastlines as a system basis of cities can find a compelling rationale as well as a cohesive meaning of recovering its major role in embracing complex external and internal relations, which result in the formation of a strong and coherent urban system ...
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Abstract Following the division of Cyprus in 1974, the definition of land- ownership in the northern part of Cyprus has changed, which is to this date is defined as the main obstacle for a resolution for the chronic Cyprus Problem. This... more
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Following the division of Cyprus in 1974, the definition of land- ownership in the northern part of Cyprus has changed, which is to this date is defined as the main obstacle for a resolution for the chronic Cyprus Problem. This controversial land-ownership can also be attributed as one of the factors which inhibit proper planning in the northern part of Cyprus. Two major, and disputed, types of title deeds were constructed and issued by the officials of the northern part of Cyprus to settle the refugees, to compensate for their lost land, and immigrants from Turkey, to help to develop the country, after the war on the island in 1974 to define ownership; Esdegar (equivalent or exchange property) and tahsis (property that has been assigned). The controversy over land ownership, coupled with the abrupt and ever-changing and ill-defined regional planning regulations, under the influence of the conflicted politics of Cyprus, has a great impact on how real-estate construction is developed over the years in northern part of Cyprus, which is sporadic and undefined and precedes regional planning. It is, therefore, the intention of this paper to address how land-ownership, in contested lands, influences planning regulations allowing ‘capital investment’ to shape regional development.
Following the division of Cyprus in 1974, the definition of land- ownership in the northern part of Cyprus has changed, which is to this date is defined as the main obstacle for a resolution for the chronic Cyprus Problem. This controversial land-ownership can also be attributed as one of the factors which inhibit proper planning in the northern part of Cyprus. Two major, and disputed, types of title deeds were constructed and issued by the officials of the northern part of Cyprus to settle the refugees, to compensate for their lost land, and immigrants from Turkey, to help to develop the country, after the war on the island in 1974 to define ownership; Esdegar (equivalent or exchange property) and tahsis (property that has been assigned). The controversy over land ownership, coupled with the abrupt and ever-changing and ill-defined regional planning regulations, under the influence of the conflicted politics of Cyprus, has a great impact on how real-estate construction is developed over the years in northern part of Cyprus, which is sporadic and undefined and precedes regional planning. It is, therefore, the intention of this paper to address how land-ownership, in contested lands, influences planning regulations allowing ‘capital investment’ to shape regional development.
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Yemen remains under constant threat transforming the urban landscape into chaotic scenery. Particularly, Sana'a's capital city is under attack! The citizens survive under constant threat, killing around 2,300 people according to the... more
Yemen remains under constant threat transforming the urban landscape into chaotic scenery. Particularly, Sana'a's capital city is under attack! The citizens survive under constant threat, killing around 2,300 people according to the worldwide internal displacement statistics. The trail of destruction encompasses ancient cities as well like the UNESCO world heritage old city of Sanaa. The intention behind this paper is to deliver a detailed analysis and apprise Sana'a's current situation using CartoDb, then suggest responsive strategies per the needs of the phenomena. Specific strategies and approaches are to be mapped highlighting compulsory evacuation networks separately. First, the evaluation of the determined threat creating scenarios per each provisional scheme to control the crisis in a sequence; second, evacuation schemes are suggested in the urban scale, then third overlapping the strategies of phased evacuation into a sole arrangement scenario .