Transnational Production Spaces: Impacts of the clothing industry on urban spaces and urban planning at production locations in Western Turkey and Southern Bulgaria (Istanbul, Tekirdag, Kardzhali)

该研究项目探讨了工业生产的空间效应和城市规划在服装业跨国生产网络的不同位置的作用，该网络将东南欧的生产基地与西欧的时装公司和市场联系起来。该项目旨在调查当地和跨国力量在这些生产地点的空间和物质发展中的相互作用。该研究方法将现有的研究纳入全球商品链和全球生产网络，从经济地理学领域与城市研究。通过调查工业生产如何有助于跨国城市空间的构成，研究解决了一个经常重申的研究空白。案例研究侧重于三个工业地点，这些地点与产品加工的不同阶段和价值创造的不同水平有关：（1）位于伊斯坦布尔以西的Tekirdag地区的一个工业区，拥有大型工厂生产，（2）位于伊斯坦布尔的Bagcilar市中心的工业和住宅区，拥有供应商车间和家庭工作，（3）保加利亚南部的卡德扎利镇及其农村腹地，有小规模的缝纫厂。在跨国经济动态的背景下，该项目将追踪工业生产如何塑造城市的物理空间，并推动这些地区的城市发展，从而探索其对市政和区域规划治理的影响。研究方法包括空间映射，定性访谈和政策文件的评价。该研究旨在深入了解空间谈判的动态以及所涉不同行为体的作用、范围和杠杆作用-从地方到全球，从下到上和从上到下的城市发展驱动因素之间，以及正式和非正式经济和建筑实践之间的交叉点。

This research project explores the spatial effects of industrial production and the role of urban planning at different locations of a transnational production network of the clothing industry that connects Southeast European production sites with Western European fashion companies and markets. The project aims to investigate the interplay of local and transnational forces in the spatial and physical development of these production locations. The research approach integrates existing research into global commodity chains and global production networks from the field of economic geography with urban research. By investigating how industrial production contributes to the constitution of transnational urban spaces, the research addresses a frequently reiterated research gap. The case study focuses on three industrial locations which relate to different stages of product processing and different levels of value creation: (1) an industrial zone with large-scale factory production in the Tekirdag region west of Istanbul, (2) the inner-city industrial and residential quarter of Bagcilar in Istanbul with suppliers workshops and home-based work, and (3) the town of Kardzhali and its rural hinterland in Southern Bulgaria with small-scale sewing factories. Within the context of transnational economic dynamics, this project will trace how industrial production shapes the physical urban space and drives urban development in these locations, thereby also exploring its influence on municipal and regional planning governance. Research methodologies include spatial mappings, qualitative interviews and the evaluation of policy documents. The research aims to build an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of spatial negotiations and the role, scope and leverage of the different actors involved - from the local to the global, between bottom-up and top-down drivers of urban development, and at the intersections between formal and informal economic and building practices.