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DISASTER RESILIENT BUILDINGS IN URBAN

REGENERATION

Mahmut BİLGEHAN

ABSTRACT
Earthquakes, floods, landslides, hurricanes and forest fires are natural events
with a high probability of occurring at all times. Although people cannot
prevent these natural events from occurring, they can take precautions and
make preparations so that these events do not turn into a disaster. Within the
scope of disaster preparedness, the concept of disaster resilient cities has
emerged. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Gölcük on August
19, 1999, and the 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude earthquakes that occurred in Pazarcık
and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023, and which were
called the disaster of the century, and the death of more than 50 thousand
of our people, has bitterly reminded us of the importance of building safe
structures that are resistant to disasters and especially earthquakes through
urban regeneration. In this study, the issue of creating disaster-resilient
structures in urban regeneration and how building safety should be provided
in this context are examined. This study concludes that instead of repairing
the damage after the disaster, it is much more appropriate to build disaster-
resilient structures with a proactive policy, both in terms of cost and loss of life.
Within the scope of the results obtained, some suggestions were made about
creating disaster-resilient structures within the urban regeneration.

Keywords: Urban Regeneration, Disaster, Earthquake, Flood, Disaster
Resilient Structure

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