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    Groundwater Arsenic in an Urban Area: Izmir’s Comprehensive Response and Remediation Blueprint
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025) Kırçiçek, N.T.; Güngör, E.B.; Baba, A.
    The contamination of groundwater with arsenic poses a critical challenge to the environment and public health, affecting millions of people worldwide. In the rapidly urbanising regions of Türkiye, understanding the origin, mobility and effective treatment of arsenic contamination is crucial to ensure water safety. This study analyses the spatial distribution of arsenic contamination of groundwater, specifically in the province of İzmir, while attempting to delineate the potential sources of risk. The arsenic concentrations in groundwater samples from different districts were analysed, and the variations at district level were visualised using a point-based density map. The resulting values were then critically compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) limits and Turkish national regulations (10 μg/L) to draw attention to the pronounced spatial differences in concentrations. Following the arsenic crisis in 2008, the İzmir Municipality has taken a decisive course and implemented targeted arsenic remediation strategies that represent significant progress in solving and addressing this pervasive problem. In 2023 alone, more than 139 million m3 of groundwater were treated, accounting for almost 30% of the city’s drinking and industrial water supply. This considerable magnitude represents a remarkable level of implementation, especially against the backdrop of numerous global cities struggling with similar contamination problems. The results of this study should serve as a basis for sustainable groundwater management strategies, not only for İzmir, but also for other regions with hydrogeological and urban dynamics. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
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    Residues of the British Informal Empire: the Smyrna-Aydın Railway's Punta Square as the Future Centre of "Colonial" Smyrna
    (Routledge, 2025) Sheridan Gun, I.T.; Erten, E.
    Railways played a pivotal role in the Industrial Revolution, inspired by the expansion of colonial ambitions. They were often accompanied by infrastructural landmarks as postal offices, churches, and hospitals, representing imperial authority and connectivity. While the presence of these enclaves within colonies has been extensively studied, their significance in non-colonised regions, particularly within the Ottoman Empire, has received insufficient attention. The transformation of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir, Turkey) in the late nineteenth century reflects a reorganisation that aligned with Britain’s gentlemanly capitalism and imperialism. This paper aims to shed light on this subject through a detailed analysis of the Punta Railway Station and its surrounding area. Often relegated to a footnote in historical narratives as a “Little British Town,” the study area warrants re-evaluation in the context of informal imperialism. It illustrates how British colonial influence shaped Punta’s spatial and functional dynamics, embodying the concept of colonised spaces without formal colonisation. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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    İzmir as Mediterranean Trade Port and Ottoman City in 19th Century
    (Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, 2023) Gelişkan,N.N.
    İzmir occupies a prominent place among the Mediterranean port cities of the 19th century. The city is quite similar to other port cities in terms of trade dynamics but differs from them in the diversity of actors who had a say in trade. It can easily be said that İzmir was one of the plateaus of 19th century capital competition. Especially in the 19th century, the city was considered the second capital of the Ottoman Empire after Istanbul and continued to be one of its most important ports. In this period, the architectural and urban arrangements made by the Ottoman government on a local scale, as well as the urban transportation interventions made with the initiatives of western countries, significantly affected the morphology of the city. In this context, the morphological transformation of İzmir in the 19th century, its position within local, regional, and global networks, and its relationship with urban interventions will be evaluated through maps, drawings and documents related to railways and transportation. Copyright © 2023 Nil Nadire Gelişkan.