Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PLANLAMA-PLANNING, cilt.35, ss.59-73, 2025 (ESCI, TRDizin)
Today, more than 800 million people out of a global population exceeding 8 billion cannot find sufficient food, and considering climatic extremes, environmental degradation, and economic crises, a bleak picture emerges regarding food systems. The rapid urbanization trend worldwide has led to the intensive use of existing resources and a decrease in food production areas, making urban food planning an important focal point. Many actors are involved in shaping urban food systems. Local governments are in a position to be more effective in the sustainable planning and transformation of food systems compared to other actors. In the case of Mamak District in Ankara, local governments consist of metropolitan and district municipalities. Mamak was a self-sufficient settlement in agricultural terms until the establishment of the Republic but has transformed into a district dependent on the metropolitan city since the 1950s due to the opening of agricultural lands to settlement. In the Mamak district, there are agricultural input support programs, urban agriculture projects, and cooperative formations related to agriculture and food; however, these efforts are far from a holistic framework and action. In urban food systems, analyses of the natural-social-built environment related to the settlement, local government authority-qualification analysis, and the SWOT analysis created within this framework are critical for comprehensive planning. This study has developed a SWOT analysis, one of the cornerstones of a local government-centered urban food system design for Mamak District, which has a population of approximately 700,000 and is largely under metropolitan influence.