In its research paper, ‘The Density Dividend: solutions for growing and shrinking cities’, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) highlights six factors that determine a city’s likely success in managing and boosting population density. For Istanbul, good factors include coordination in planning beyond the city’s borders. Less positive factors include fiscal flexibility, the approach to transit, the national planning framework for cities and regional development corporations.

Source : October 2015/ULI/Istanbul/RES