%0 Journal Article %T A Model for Neo Rural Ecological Design Approach, Mugla - Turkiye %A Gizem ERDO£¿AN %A Sinem £¿AH£¿N %J - %D 2019 %X After the 6360 Metropolitan Act effectuated in 2012, villages within the borders of a metropole gained a neighbourhood status. The development legislation, a planning tool for intensive urban areas, is thought to be insufficient in ensuring the protection-use balance of new neighbourhoods. New urban settlements that continue to carry a rural character being shaped as future residential settlements that possess protection-use balance is one of the major issues in recent years in terms of the urban planning discipline. When literature review on rural areas are examined; despite encountering studies regarding architectural-landscape design, rural development and rural design policies, few study on rural settlement design was encountered in Turkey. In this context, the aim is to establish a liveable design model for neo rural areas in villages that have gained a neighbourhood status in accordance with the ecological design approach criteria that includes the ideal scheme and unit centre principles and takes into account the protection-use balance. For this purpose; observations and examinations were carried out in line with field studies at Mugla, Mente£¿e, Orhaniye district and design criteria were determined through the ecological design approach and spatial solutions were presented. As a conclusion, a new model proposal based on the ecological design approach has been developed for neo rural areas. This model was applied in Mu£¿la Mente£¿e area. The study will contribute to the literature and be used as a model to develop appropriate planning and design policies for settlements that rest within the rural ¨C city dilemma of the ecological design approach %K Neo K£¿r %K Ekolojik Tasar£¿m Yakla£¿£¿m£¿ %K K£¿rsal Tasar£¿m %K Mu£¿la %U http://dergipark.org.tr/kent/issue/46948/542538