IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SPATIAL PLANNING DECISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE OF BUILT-UP AREAS IN THE SCOPE OF SEISMIC RESILIENT CITIES: CASE OF KAHRAMANMARAŞ

2023-1
Çepni, Elif Zeynep
During the urbanization and construction processes in Türkiye, earthquakes caused by tectonic reasons have resulted in great damage. Damage to life and properties as a result of earthquakes lead to great material and moral losses. Particularly in our country where earthquakes are frequently experienced, development decisions on unsuitable grounds together with construction processes without engineering standards and designs had led today’s most populous cities to be vulnerable to earthquakes which is the core topic of this study. From the analysis stage of a regional and urban planning process development decisions and construction processes are examined in the case of Türkiye’s legislative scheme in order to find out the major gaps between planning decisions and construction practices in order for having seismic resilient cities. In this context, as a first step in the study, the relationship between geological studies and planning, which will be the basis for development plans and then the building design principles in earthquake-prone areas and the problems encountered in this process in the case of Türkiye’s cities is evaluated together. Furthermore, it is explained in detail how studies that require expertise in a wide range of fields such as planning and engineering can be implemented with the contribution of different disciplines within the seismically resilient urbanization and construction processes. In the last chapter, the urban seismic resilience criteria obtained are evaluated in particular for the city of Kahramanmaraş and spatial suggestions developed for the city of Kahramanmaraş based on the urban seismic resilience are presented.

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Citation Formats
E. Z. Çepni, “IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SPATIAL PLANNING DECISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE OF BUILT-UP AREAS IN THE SCOPE OF SEISMIC RESILIENT CITIES: CASE OF KAHRAMANMARAŞ,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2023.