Urbanization and land-use planning in Adapazari (Turkey) reconsidered after the 1999 earthquake

2005-03-01
Gedikli, Bahar
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On 17 August 1999, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck the Eastern Marmara Region of Turkey, destroying hundreds of buildings and killing thousands of people. It is not enough to analyze the damage inflicted by the earthquake solely in terms of its physical features (magnitude, epicenter or depth). Regional policies (particularly industrialization and urbanization) and unsuitable land-use planning/engineering processes also played a role. This paper presents a critical evaluation of these factors with reference to Adapazarı, one of the cities that suffered heavily from these non-natural processes.
Geography, Planning and Development, Urban Studies
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47409
Journal Of Housing And The Built Environment
Department of City and Regional Planning, Article

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B. Gedikli, “Urbanization and land-use planning in Adapazari (Turkey) reconsidered after the 1999 earthquake,” Journal Of Housing And The Built Environment, pp. 79–91, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47409.
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