ISTANBUL URBAN DEVT.

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The Istanbul Urban Development Project consists of consultant services for: (a) the preparation of an integrated urban development program for Istanbul; (b) development of institutions and improvement of regulations and policies to enable the institutions to coordinate and implement the program; (c) the preparation of high priority investment projects; and (d) the preparation of an urban transport/land use model to provide a basis for future investment decision making. The projects to be prepared under (c) will include (i) a project to provide basic infrastructure for existing squatter settlements and future low cost residential areas, (ii) an urban cluster to form the nucleus for planned urban expansion along the proposed Istanbul-Izmit Highway, (iii) a wholesale market relocation project to relieve congestion in the center of the city and to improve the efficiency of operations in the market, (iv) a wastewater disposal project, and (v) a traffic engineering and control project to improve at low cost the use of the existing urban transport system. In addition, the project provides for fellowships and seminars to train Turkish staff in the above fields and the necessary equipment to carry out the studies.