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Urban Transformation in Istanbul Within the Scope of Disaster
Preparedness

of the transformation process and most significantly, slow progress or even
disruption of the process in the cases which require urgent intervention on the
high risk areas and buildings mentioned above.
The phenomenon of urban transformation is perceived as a “displacement
of residents” and a “means of gain” among the society. Negative patterns
related to urban transformation in a metropolis prone to earthquakes such as
İstanbul cause a slowing effect for interventions to be carried out in order to
reduce risks before possible disasters. In order to make the structures resilient
to disasters, it is necessary to widespread the awareness that all stakeholders
in the city are responsible for this process. It is essential for every citizen to
take responsibility in the urban transformation process based primarily on the
safety of life in disasters, in terms of ensuring the safety of both society and
their own.
The projects, either ongoing or completed, including the Fikirtepe Project
in Kadıköy District, Orta and Dumlupınar Neighbourhood in Pendik District,
Kirazlıtepe Risk Area in Üsküdar District and Yahya Kemal Neighbourhood
in Kağıthane District that are examined in this scope and conducted by
the Ministry, were directly intervened by means of the authorities given by
6/A of the Law and the projects that had been immediately launched were
partially completed and delivered to the owners, remaining part is still in the
construction process. Transformation of the declared projects are carried out
by the Ministry in order to eliminate the risk of disasters and create healthy
living environments. As can be understood from the application examples,
it is obvious that the perception of all segments of society, including our
citizens, academia, media, non-governmental organizations should change
and public awareness should be raised about urban transformation. Although
the formation of healthy, disaster-resilient settlements in urban transformation
applications is carried out on a voluntary basis, implementation processes
should be carried out without ignoring the fact of an earthquake that is
likely to occur in İstanbul, without any individual interests getting in the way
of ensuring life safety. Dec. Although establishing healthy, disaster-resilient
settlements through urban transformation is performed on a voluntary
basis, implementation processes should be undertaken without ignoring the
possible earthquake that is expected in İstanbul and allowing any individual
interest to replace the safety of life.

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