Towards Smart Cities in Turkey? Transitioning from Waste to Creative, Clean and Cheap Eco-Energy
CitationOkay, E. (2019) Towards Smart Cities in Turkey? Transitioning from Waste to Creative, Clean and Cheap Eco-Energy. Smart Cities and Smart Spaces: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1315-1340). IGI Global
The earth faces huge environmental changes and climate problems leading to catastrophic failure of our sources and surroundings. Besides, the world suffers from urban and industrial wastes and that is a double whammy which disrupts the ecological maintenance. Energy is a big issue for achieving ecological welfare and sustainability. Carbon energy sources that destruct the living standards of cities act against global ecology damaging health. However, the renewable energy sources are healtiful, clean and cheap. Environment and cities where we live can only be protected with creative eco-energy. Nowadays, the future of global ecology is to create a world with zero-carbon cities. Turkey, as a developing country finally solved the energy problem and implemented policies to improve renewables and energy efficiency. Although Turkey has a huge potential of renewable energy resources, the progress of the energy market is still slow that it's not widespread and transitioned to urban planning, yet.