SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING IN ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Universities can have significant impacts on the environment because of their huge consumption of energy and materials. In the recent years, the universities have been considered as role model of environmental responsibility. Over the last decades, the leading universities could perform significant sustainability projects in which sustainable landscaping of the campuses seems more effective. Istanbul Technical University (ITU) could also  implemented a list of renovations and  green activities including rainwater harvesting (rain garden); bicycle usage program; forestry, irrigation system management, sustainable lighting, waste recycling, and green pesticide over its main green campus. This article with use of the qualitative method of observational analyses makes attempt to survey the green projects operated in the landscape of Maslak campus as the main green campus of ITU. It also tries to understand the effect theses  green activities on improving the environmental sustainability and students’ awareness about the issue.