WORLD TOWN PLANNING DAY 2022 - A SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS EVENT FOR WALKABILITY IN CITIES

Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Urban Research and Development Center (URDC) organized an awareness event on social media to draw attention to the problems in cities as part of the 8 November World Town Planning Day organizations. The event, which was held in collaboration with EMU TV, covers a news bulletin sketch shot with EMU graduate Aygün Kencer. 

URDC Executive Board defined the theme of this year's Town Planning Day as “to be able to walk or not to be able to walk in cities" in order to draw attention to the problems experienced in walking in cities. Within the scope of the URDC events organized to draw attention to the problems experienced in walking in cities, Kencer highlighted this issue in his program entitled “Allem Gallem Agenda", which has been followed with great interest on social media for a long time. The work in question, which includes images from both cities in Northern Cyprus and cities in different regions, attracted much attention when combined with Kencer's pleasant presentation. In the sketch named “Allem Gallem Agenda", it was emphasized that steps should be taken to make walking in cities both possible and enjoyable, that accessible and uninterrupted walking should be possible, and that the aesthetic quality of walking paths should be increased. “Allem Gallem Agenda", watched with interest by different age and professional groups, has reached the figure of around six thousand views within about a week.

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