The city and society are complete each other. Socio-economic development of urban population, requires the development of urban functions. Standards of living are rising across the globe and people desire to live in a better environment. This has played an important role in the emergence of the concept of livability. Today, livability is a research topic for many social and spatial scientific disciplines which has different approaches and methodologies, such as sociology, phycology, geography, transportation and health science, with variety of indicators, such as accessibility, education, safety, environmental quality, and many other social, economic and cultural variables. Beylikdüzü is a district which is located within Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality responsibility area. This area was an open space until late 80s. Now, it is an attraction area for both businesses and residential by the effects of rapid urbanization which has started late 90s. In this study, relationship between urban livability and public services have been investigated in Beylikdüzü. Public institutions that provides education, health and safety services were addressed by their qualitative and quantitative features. A survey was conducted with residents of the district. Also, official reports and statistical data were used. The study was concluded with the evaluation and discussion about impacts of public services on urban livability.
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