Land use and major issues of planning in city of Trabzon

For urban settlements, the planning means not only infrastructure services such as roads, water and sewerage but also developing function areas of housing, industry, trade, education and health proportionally to the population. In order for this to be able to come true, geographical environment (location, natural resources, climatic and topographic features, etc) should be analyzed well and construction plans should be prepared accordingly. However, cities do not always show the characteristic of a planned settlement. Therefore, they are face to face with many problems.Founded on a sloping plateau, city of Trabzon has few flat lands. The largest flat area is the Değirmendere Delta. The fact that deficiencies in construction plans and not being able to fully apply these plans have prevented these lands from being used profitably and as a result an unplanned urbanization has emerged. Because the houses especially in older residential areas have been built adjacent to one another, avenues and streets have been planned narrow and as a result there have occurred many troubles in water, electricity, sewerage, emergency health, transportation, sanitation, and fire services. Limited flat areas along the coastline have been concreted due to unplanned land use and natural beauty of coasts has been corrupted because of sea filling. Buildings extending parallel to the sea have obstructed the airflows coming over the sea and have increased air pollution in winter season. After the river valleys to the north-south direction were opened to settlement, floods and overflows have become even more dangerous.