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Designing Resilient Cities: Application
Guide Seeking, The Case Of İzmir Torbalı

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As part of the study, based on literature review, a set of criteria concerning
the concept of resilient cities was created (Table 4).

Table 4: Resilient City Criteria (Original Study)

VARIABLES DESIGN PRINCIPLES
1. Maintaining the standards of living
2. Reinforcing infrastructure through spatial planning and green
infrastructure systems (existence of safe outdoor areas and
strategical buildings)
3. Decreasing the use of individual cars
SPATIAL
4. Integrated urban planning
5. Gradual density
6. Providing mixed land use
7. Accessible and sufficient outdoor and green area systems, and
circulation systems
1. Decreasing/neutralizing pressure and dependence on natural
resources
NATURAL
2. Renewable resource consumption
3. Building a healthy relationship between cities and ecosystems
4. Preserving urban identity
5. Maintaining the urban residents’ standards of living
SOCIO-CULTURAL
6. Building a connection between the city and the ecosystem
7. Creating resilient citizens
8. Designing urban risk management and scenarios
GOVERNANCE
9. Maintaining disaster-risk area management

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