Journal of Urban Economics and Management

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The present study aims to economically analyze the unequal distribution of urban resources and its impact on citizenship rights. This study uses a qualitative approach and grounded theory method with the systematic process of Strauss and Corbin to extract concepts and patterns in the interview data with experts. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with 16 experts (urban planning experts, civil activists, and community builders) and analyzed after open coding, axial and selective coding. Data analysis led to the identification of the central phenomenon of “unfair spatial-economic distribution of urban resources and violation of citizenship rights.” The results showed that the main causal conditions include political-selective prioritization, the logic of the free housing market, and weak regional planning. The underlying conditions related to the centralized administrative structure, severe socio-economic gaps, and physical deterioration of marginal areas have provided the necessary context for the continuation of this inequality. Intervening conditions such as low transparency of urban information, weak bargaining power of civil society, and budget constraints have prevented the situation from being corrected. The current strategies of urban institutions are mainly based on crisis management and symbolic participation, which has led to negative consequences such as violation of the right to the city, collapse of social capital, consolidation of marginalization, and formation of a vicious cycle of poverty. The findings indicate that inequality in the distribution of urban resources is not a random phenomenon, but rather a direct result of structural policies, the interaction of political and economic interests, and the lack of transparency and real participation.

Keywords: Unequal distribution of urban resources, citizen rights, spatial justice, urban planning

     

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