Istanbul — City of Risk
Public space planning for risk mitigation
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Earthquakes and the city: landscapes of risk
Urban agglomerations grow worldwide in expansion
and density. It is assumed that by 2015 at least 25 megacities[1] (Schmitt 2011) will be situated in earthquake prone areas (Some of these places like Kathmandu, Tehran, Port au Prince or Istanbul – the case study of this paper – do not only face a very high seismological risk, but are furthermore exposed to societal and economical challenges – poverty, high density rates accompanied by inconsistent …
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Senem Zeybekoglu Sadri is a lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts at Girne American University. Her research areas are urban regeneration, right to the city, urban social movements and politics of public space.
Susanne Prehl holds a diploma in Landscape Architecture and a master degree in European Urban Studies. Her research focuses on open space and urban regeneration in such diverse places as Hamburg, Istanbul and cities in Latin America.