Tarihi Okul Yapılarının İklim Değişikliğine Adaptasyonu: İzmir Örneği

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2022-10-19

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Halıcı, Tuğçe
Yıldırım Esen, Sibel

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Climate change is already modifying the frequency and intensity of weather-related hazards such as floods, storm surges, landslides, and wildfires; consequently, affecting cultural heritage assets. While there is a rapidly increasing body of research on the potential impacts of climate change on the tangible-built heritage, urban-scale climate change vulnerability assessments for specific heritage categories are still needed. Identifying cultural heritage assets at risk of weather-related hazards is critical for researchers, stakeholders and decision-makers to develop effective policies and strategies for adaptation to climate change. Moreover, understanding threats to historic school buildings is a significant research topic due to their high energy use, high occupancy density, atypical daily/yearly occupancy patterns, and occupants’ high-temperature sensitivity. Therefore, this study aims to carry out a first-level climate change vulnerability assessment for historic school buildings, which constitute a significant part of cultural assets in Turkey. 29 historic school buildings located in 10 metropolitan districts of İzmir, which is a port city in western Turkey, were studied as the cases of this research. İzmir, whose history goes back to circa 6,000 BC, has housed major civilizations. Cultural assets from different periods, including historic school buildings, are scattered throughout the city. The tangible-built heritage in the city is exposed to various weather-related hazards, such as heavy rain, floods, and wildfires, and is at risk of the future impacts of climate change. The assessment approach of this research consists of both hazard assessment and vulnerability assessment. Hazard exposure areas are identified based on the current state-of-the-art on the impacts of climate change on the historic city of İzmir. Vulnerability assessment incorporates identifying historic school buildings that are exposed to multiple weather-related hazards. Vulnerability maps, which provide valuable information regarding historical school buildings exposed to weather-related hazards, have been prepared. The results of the assessment could enable decision-makers to prioritize management activities and develop effective strategies for climate change adaptation at the city scale.

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