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Fred Barış Ernst - İbrahim Yenigün

with the Urban Life Laboratories (ULLs) approach, GIS, Material Flow Analysis
(MFA) and urban waste Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Its innovative aspects
can be listed as such: 1)Availability to use MFA in a geographical context, 2)
Visualization of the current situation at the early stages of the solution creation
process, 3)Simulation of the results for the proposed changes, and 4)Using it
for LCA impact assessment.
In the light of the above, Harran University, Otto-von-Guericke University
(Magdeburg, Germany) and three SMEs applied for a bilateral TUBITAK
project within the framework of “International Research Activities by Small
and Medium-sized Enterprises (IraSME)” (IraSME, 2022). It aimed to eliminate
the above-mentioned deficiencies of geomatics-based planning systems and
establish a system in which all components are integrated much more closely
together. The expected results of the project can be summarized as follows:
A well-documented workflow that includes UML diagrams that can be used
directly to produce comprehensive plans, tourism master plans and zoning
plans.
A web-based planning and decision platform that can be used by all
stakeholders in the preparation of development scenarios without needing to
be an expert or read any guidelines.
A web-based VR platform allowing all plans, scenarios, and logical
simulations be visualized and the use of VR headsets that can be edited
interactively.
The simulation device performing the tourism-targeted transportation and
logistics simulations and sharing its results on the Internet. Integrating the
data with Geodesign application and displaying them in VR mode.
A web-based platform that supports spatial and non-spatial data exchange
in the urban planning process with only small data losses.
Finally, after some minor adaptations, a solution-oriented software that
can serve local markets as well as a prototype of an innovative city planning
platform will be produced.
It is known that the results of the conformity analysis conducted during
the evaluation phase of the Geodesign process may not always be in favor of
the current policies of the relevant local government. For example, the buffer
analysis, which is part of the most current Geodesign project mentioned
above, has established minimum flood zones that will prevent flooding
disasters occurred in March-2023. In this context, the areas located along the
large streams passing through Şanlıurfa with the buildings that need to be
removed were identified. Even if a 10-meter buffer zone is considered on both
sides of the stream, in many parts of the Karakoyun creek which is one of the

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