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Resilient Cities From Geodesign Perspective:
The Case of Şanlıurfa Province

University Scientific Research Unit. Different alternatives for future growth,
mainly education facilities, housing and agriculture, were evaluated based
on different development scenarios related to the number of students and
residents living on campus. Members of the university’s senior management
were included in the project consultation process from the very beginning,
and different scenarios were developed by forming relevant working groups.
In this project; ARCGIS, open source GIS QGIS software and Geodesign
platform GEODESIGNHUB, which is free for academic use, were used.

Figure 1. Geodesign framework (Akpinar, 2014)
Within the scope of another project performed in 2018 under the
sponsorship of Harran University Scientific Research Unit and ERASMUS, EU
development scenarios were designed for the Şanlıurfa Region. At the end
of this project, a workshop was held with the participation of faculty members
and administrative staff of Harran University, including the Rector as well
as the Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality, various District Municipalities
and companies under the municipalities. In this workshop, the participants
experienced some development scenarios through a specially developed VR
application (Figure 2). The main purpose of the workshop was to introduce
the participants to this new methodology instead of producing any viable
planning solutions. The software used in this project consisted of ArcGIS,
City Engine, open source GIS QGIS, Geodesign platform GeodesignHub
and Unity.

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