1. 1 EXPLORING THE CITY IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE erol inelmen Bogaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, TURKEY inelmen@boun.edu.tr

2. 2 1. Introduction

3. 3 2. Background

4. 4 3. Reflection

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6. 6 4. Discussion

7. 7 5. Conclusions

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9. 9 Acknowledgement Prof. Zeynep Çelik made recently a wonderful presentation on the “reading” of modernizing cities that helped us to understand the political implications of urban design. The efforts of Dr. Korhan Gümüş (now a member of the 2010 European Capital group)

10. 10 References Inelmen, E. “Implementing ‘Visual thinking’ in the Engineering Orientation Course”, European Journal of Engineering Education, SEFI, Vol.26, No.3, (2001), pp.291-299 Inelmen, E., (2009), ‘Introducing the city in the curriculum as a “creative space” to enhance “cultural tourism”’ In "Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism" conference, 19th – 21st of November, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, (in CD).