Sustainable Cities and Communities
Avcilar was the district of Istanbul where the most damage and causalties occurred in the 1999 Golcuk Earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2. On this path we took with the aim of making our city resilient to prevent this painful events from happenning ever again, we gained a momentum in the last 3 years in urban renewal that surpassed the actions of the previous 20 years. We saved and continue to save the future of thousands of people.
We secured access to safe, inclusive and accessible public spaces and green spaces for women, children and older people, making 45% of our pavements in our city appropriate in terms of accessibility.
In addition, we significantly increased the area of green spaces in our city, helping it breathe, where children can easily access and spend their time freely.
To increase the driving safety in Avcilar, we provided road and pavement repair and maintenance services all around our city and conducted asphalt road renewal works.
We brought alive our Gulten Nakipoglu Center for People with Disabilities project to help our citizens with disabilities and their families actively participate in social life, making their lives easier.
Thanks to our urban renewal program, “Avcilar Model” that we launched to renew risky buildings in our city and support the fight against increasing real estate prices, the VAT rate of homes to be renewed under urban renewal decreased to 1% from 18%. By this way, real estate costs have been brought down and our citizens in Avcilar have been able to access safe and affordable homes.
After taking greenhouse gas inventory of Avcilar, we found out that the real share of transportation in the emissions is 38.1%. To reduce this rate and achieve sustainable transportation we identified 5 actions in our Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan and prepared our programs starting from 2023 accordingly: