Balta, Firuz Günseli2016-01-082016-01-082012http://hdl.handle.net/11693/15570Ankara : The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent Univ., 2012.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2012.Includes bibliographical references leaves 89-95.This study aims to observe and analyze the daily lives of TOKİ Temelli Blocks’ residents by focusing on the quality of life, social equity, and sustainability of the community concepts of the social sustainability. Social sustainability constitutes one of the three dimensions of the debates on sustainability with the environmental and economic dimensions. Even though there is not an agreement what social sustainability consists of, it necessitates the well-being and liveability of living environments by its people-oriented considerations. TOKİ promotes housing projects for lowand middle-income group as green, healthy, and modern living environment. TOKİ Temelli Blocks is a typical example of these kinds of housing projects. In this study, the daily lives of the residents are being discussed in order to comprehend whether their lives are socially sustainable or not.xii, 97 leaves, illustrationsEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTOKİsocial sustainability, TOKİ Temelli Blocks, daily life.social sustainabilityTOKİ Temelli Blocksdaily lifeHD7358.96.A3 B34 2012Housing, Cooperative--Turkey.Housing policy--Turkey.Low-income housing--Turkey.Sustainable architecture.Urbanism and sustainability--Turkey.Thesis