Housing Crisis of College Students: Reinterpreting Urban Spatial Practices Through Strategies And Tactics

Sezen Savran Penpecioğlu

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Housing Crisis of College Students: Reinterpreting Urban Spatial Practices Through Strategies And Tactics

Yazarlar:

Sezen Savran Penpecioğlu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Kent ve Bölge Planlama (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.494-513

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313302

pISSN:

2146-9229

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 Due to the Turkeys growth-induced higher education policy in the last two decades, the number of universities and college students have increased dramatically. Despite the tremendous increase in the number of students, the central government have not yet provided sufficient capacities of dormitories and other accommodation facilities. Over time, huge number of students are facing the challenging accommodation problem and seeking to cope with this problem by trying to find a decent place to live in the fierce housing market where prices skyrocketed. As the other side of the problem, the hyper-commodification of housing and the soaring costs in construction sector have all exacerbated accommodation needs of college students and turn this problem into a deepening crisis of everyday life in the city. The main aim of the article is to investigate how college students cope with the challenging and multifaceted accommodationhousing problems. Adequate Housing as a central conceptual framework significantly defined in international human rights documents and Michel De Certeaus conception of strategy-tactic dialectic have co-formulated the theoretical perspective in the article. Moreover, the article exhibits the related findings of a comprehensive literature review on the housing problems faced by the college students. The critical findings compare the interrelation between the main issues of the housing problems and the principles of adequate housing. According to De Certeau, everyday life consists of constantly reproduced dominant strategies by the government or market and the survival tactics by the poor, excluded or vulnerable groups. De Certaus conceptual framework of the tactics provide an alternative analytical approach at this point by shedding light on the survival practices of the powerlessvulnerable groups in the city. The survival tactics adopted by the students have an urban character and they continuously evolve by the time in confrontation with the dominant strategies of the government. Thus, there is a gap between the already existing servicesaccommodation facilities in the soaring housing market based on the government policies and the unmet needs of students a decent place to live in the city. This dramatic gap is filled by the college students tactics and by the way of these survival tactics students always struggle to sustain their life in the cities where the dormitory facilities are inadequate, and the housing rental prices skyrocketed. The research draws on a mixed methodology combining literature review, various statistical data, and interview findings with a complementary manner. Interviews with 80 students reached through the snowball method, basically indicates the challenging situations under the conditions of inadequate housing and the fierce housing market. The quantitative findings from the questionnaire were supplemented by the qualitative insights gathered from students and explicated their tactics in their everyday life on how to cope with the housing problem. The interpretation of the quantitative and qualitative findings provides a critical spotlight on housing affordability, security of tenure, the role of location and accessibility and habitability as the driving forces that have shaped students tactics under the conditions of soaring housing market.

 Due to the Turkeys growth-induced higher education policy in the last two decades, the number of universities and college students have increased dramatically. Despite the tremendous increase in the number of students, the central government have not yet provided sufficient capacities of dormitories and other accommodation facilities. Over time, huge number of students are facing the challenging accommodation problem and seeking to cope with this problem by trying to find a decent place to live in the fierce housing market where prices skyrocketed. As the other side of the problem, the hyper-commodification of housing and the soaring costs in construction sector have all exacerbated accommodation needs of college students and turn this problem into a deepening crisis of everyday life in the city. The main aim of the article is to investigate how college students cope with the challenging and multifaceted accommodationhousing problems. Adequate Housing as a central conceptual framework significantly defined in international human rights documents and Michel De Certeaus conception of strategy-tactic dialectic have co-formulated the theoretical perspective in the article. Moreover, the article exhibits the related findings of a comprehensive literature review on the housing problems faced by the college students. The critical findings compare the interrelation between the main issues of the housing problems and the principles of adequate housing. According to De Certeau, everyday life consists of constantly reproduced dominant strategies by the government or market and the survival tactics by the poor, excluded or vulnerable groups. De Certaus conceptual framework of the tactics provide an alternative analytical approach at this point by shedding light on the survival practices of the powerlessvulnerable groups in the city. The survival tactics adopted by the students have an urban character and they continuously evolve by the time in confrontation with the dominant strategies of the government. Thus, there is a gap between the already existing servicesaccommodation facilities in the soaring housing market based on the government policies and the unmet needs of students a decent place to live in the city. This dramatic gap is filled by the college students tactics and by the way of these survival tactics students always struggle to sustain their life in the cities where the dormitory facilities are inadequate, and the housing rental prices skyrocketed. The research draws on a mixed methodology combining literature review, various statistical data, and interview findings with a complementary manner. Interviews with 80 students reached through the snowball method, basically indicates the challenging situations under the conditions of inadequate housing and the fierce housing market. The quantitative findings from the questionnaire were supplemented by the qualitative insights gathered from students and explicated their tactics in their everyday life on how to cope with the housing problem. The interpretation of the quantitative and qualitative findings provides a critical spotlight on housing affordability, security of tenure, the role of location and accessibility and habitability as the driving forces that have shaped students tactics under the conditions of soaring housing market.

 Due to the Turkeys growth-induced higher education policy in the last two decades, the number of universities and college students have increased dramatically. Despite the tremendous increase in the number of students, the central government have not yet provided sufficient capacities of dormitories and other accommodation facilities. Over time, huge number of students are facing the challenging accommodation problem and seeking to cope with this problem by trying to find a decent place to live in the fierce housing market where prices skyrocketed. As the other side of the problem, the hyper-commodification of housing and the soaring costs in construction sector have all exacerbated accommodation needs of college students and turn this problem into a deepening crisis of everyday life in the city. The main aim of the article is to investigate how college students cope with the challenging and multifaceted accommodationhousing problems. Adequate Housing as a central conceptual framework significantly defined in international human rights documents and Michel De Certeaus conception of strategy-tactic dialectic have co-formulated the theoretical perspective in the article. Moreover, the article exhibits the related findings of a comprehensive literature review on the housing problems faced by the college students. The critical findings compare the interrelation between the main issues of the housing problems and the principles of adequate housing. According to De Certeau, everyday life consists of constantly reproduced dominant strategies by the government or market and the survival tactics by the poor, excluded or vulnerable groups. De Certaus conceptual framework of the tactics provide an alternative analytical approach at this point by shedding light on the survival practices of the powerlessvulnerable groups in the city. The survival tactics adopted by the students have an urban character and they continuously evolve by the time in confrontation with the dominant strategies of the government. Thus, there is a gap between the already existing servicesaccommodation facilities in the soaring housing market based on the government policies and the unmet needs of students a decent place to live in the city. This dramatic gap is filled by the college students tactics and by the way of these survival tactics students always struggle to sustain their life in the cities where the dormitory facilities are inadequate, and the housing rental prices skyrocketed. The research draws on a mixed methodology combining literature review, various statistical data, and interview findings with a complementary manner. Interviews with 80 students reached through the snowball method, basically indicates the challenging situations under the conditions of inadequate housing and the fierce housing market. The quantitative findings from the questionnaire were supplemented by the qualitative insights gathered from students and explicated their tactics in their everyday life on how to cope with the housing problem. The interpretation of the quantitative and qualitative findings provides a critical spotlight on housing affordability, security of tenure, the role of location and accessibility and habitability as the driving forces that have shaped students tactics under the conditions of soaring housing market.

 Öz Türkiyede son yirmi yılda benimsenen yüksek öğretim politikaları nedeniyle, üniversitelerin ve üniversite öğrencilerinin sayısı önemli ölçüde artmıştır. Öğrenci sayısındaki hızlı artışa rağmen, yeterli kapasitede yurt ve diğer barınma olanakları öğrencilere sunulamamıştır. Giderek daha çok öğrenci barınma sorunuyla karşı karşıya kalmakta ve fiyatların aşırı arttığı mevcut konut piyasasında kendine uygun bir yer bulmaya çalışmaktadır. Ayrıca konutun aşırı-metalaşması ve artan maliyetler, üniversite öğrencilerinin barınma sorunlarını artırmış ve gündelik hayatta derinleşen bir krize dönüştürmüştür. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin çok yönlü barınma sorunlarıyla nasıl başa çıktıklarını araştırmaktır. Uluslararası insan hakları belgelerinde tanımlanan Yeterli Konut adequate housing kavramı ve Michel De Certeaunun strateji-taktik diyalektiği, makalenin teorik arka planını oluşturmaktadır. Ayrıca, üniversite öğrencilerinin karşılaştığı barınma sorunlarına ilişkin yazın taraması yapılmıştır. Yazın taraması, üniversite öğrencilerinin temel barınma sorunları ile yeterli konut ilkeleri arasındaki paralellikleri ortaya koymuştur. De Certeauya göre gündelik hayat, devlet veveya piyasa güçleri tarafından sürekli olarak yeniden üretilen baskın stratejilerden ve yoksul, dışlanmış veveya zayıf olarak kodlanmış grupların hayatta kalma taktiklerinden oluşur. De Certaunun taktik kavramı, kentteki güçsüz grupların gündelik yaşam pratiklerine ışık tutarak alternatif bir analitik yaklaşım sunmaktadır. Üniversite öğrencilerinin ürettiği taktikler, kentsel bir karaktere sahiptir ve devletin baskın stratejileri karşısında sürekli değişip dönüşmektedir. Dolayısıyla, bu politikalara dayalı olarak gelişen konut piyasasındaki olanaklar, öğrencilerin barınma ihtiyacına cevap olamamaktadır. Yaratılan bu boşluk, üniversite öğrencilerinin taktikleri ile doldurulmakta ve bu sayede öğrenciler; yurt imkanlarının yetersiz olduğu ve kiralık konut fiyatlarının aşırı arttığı kentlerde barınma mücadelesi vermektedir. Araştırmada yazın taraması, çeşitli istatistiksel veriler ve görüşme bulgularından bir arada yararlanılarak, karma bir yöntem benimsenmiştir. Kartopu yöntemi ile ulaşılan 80 öğrenciyle yapılan mülakatlar, yetersiz yurt ve zorlu konut piyasası koşulları altında öğrencilerin yaşadığı barınma sorunlarını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Elde edilen nicel bulgular, öğrencilerin barınma sorunlarıyla nasıl başa çıktıklarına ilişkin taktiklerini açıklayan kendi ifadeleri ile desteklenmiştir. Tüm bulgular, karşılanabilirlik affordability, kullanım hakkının güvenliği security of tenure, konum, erişilebilirlik ve oturulabilirlik habitability başlıkları altında sunulmuştur.

Makale detayları

Housing Crisis of College Students: Reinterpreting Urban Spatial Practices Through Strategies And Tactics

Yazarlar:

Sezen Savran Penpecioğlu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Kent ve Bölge Planlama (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.494-513

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313302

pISSN:

2146-9229

Housing Crisis

College Students

Adequate Housing

Strategies

TacticsÜniversite Öğrencileri

Yeterli Konut

Stratejiler

Taktikler

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Sezen Savran Penpecioğlu

Yayıncı: Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar: Kent ve Bölge Planlama (Diğer)

Dergi: Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.494-513

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001313302

pISSN: 2146-9229

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sezen Savran Penpecioğlu

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Kent ve Bölge Planlama (Diğer)

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.17 Issue 2, pp.494-513

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313302

pISSN:

2146-9229