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URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN İSTANBUL WITHIN
THE SCOPE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

Sezayi KÖSE - Zeynep AYAN - Ebru VURAL
Kübra ÖZCİVAN - Yeşim KOÇDEMİR

ABSTRACT
İstanbul, one of the most important trade and service centers of the world and
the export locomotive of our country, faces a serious earthquake risk due to
its geographical location. Although many regulations and changes have been
made legally and administratively after the major disasters, they alone have
not been sufficient to prevent/reduce the possible damages of the expected
İstanbul earthquake. It is expected that urban areas that have become worn
out and collapsed will be improved with urban transformation activities, which
are intended to be used as an effective implementation tool in the disaster
preparedness process.
In urban transformation practices carried out to create safe livable
environments against disasters, this study aims to draw attention to the
importance of making cities resilient without experiencing these delays by
examining the expectations of beneficiaries from urban transformation practices,
approaches that ignore the risk of disasters and factors that cause deceleration
of the construction process and economic, social and spatial effects caused
by delays in the implementation process, using legal means in the face of a
possible disaster and changing the perception of urban transformation.
In the study, first of all, the urbanization process of İstanbul was examined
and assessments were made on the current urban structure, secondly, the
earthquake disasters experienced in our country, which stand out for their
destructiveness and effects, and the subsequent legal regulations were
examined, and finally, the problems faced in the areas of urban transformation
implemented by the Ministry in İstanbul within the scope of the law No. 6306
issued in 2012 were discussed.

Keywords: Earthquake, Urban Transformation Process, Law No. 6306, Risk
of Disaster, Urban Planning, İstanbul.

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