In pursuit of improved rural-urban governance: an investigation of multi-level stakeholder analysis

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to examine the distinct conditions and implications of a multi-level stakeholder analysis for the governance of urban-rural intersections through a case study in Istanbul, adopting an advanced stakeholder analysis from UN-Habitat. Based on a case study of the landscape identity of Istanbul's rural settlements, the study offers multi-level definitions of the 331 stakeholders detected, power-influence matrices, and strategies that may foster balanced multi-level urban-rural governance practices in a major metropolitan area. The findings highlight the multiplicity of levels, sectors, resources, and the actors’ differing capacities and interests to influence rural-urban governance decisions as well as their implementation.

KEYWORDS:

• Rural-urban governance
• multi-level governance
• stakeholder mapping
• rural landscape identity

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all reviewers for their immense contributions to the final form of this paper.

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Notes

1 In Turkey, a mukhtar is a local central government representative elected as the head of a village or of a neighborhood within a town or city. The mukhtar is the most familiar face of the government in the community that they represent. The ministry and municipalities might thus be in contact with the mukhtar as necessary in order to develop sustainable and efficient communication and collaboration with the local community, as mukhtars can easily orient and organize their communities. For more information on the organization and responsibilities of mukhtarship, see Koçak (2016).

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Funding

This work was supported by Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu: [Grant Number 219O124].