Using Open and Green Spaces in Urban Risk Reduction * This presentation is a part of project entitled ‘The Evaluation of Role and Availability of Open and Green Spaces in Disaster Risk Reduction Studies: Case of Izmir City’. This project’s collaborating with Hayat Zengin, Burcu Sılaydın, Sinem Özcan at Dokuz Eylul University. The project still goes on. Hilmi Evren Erdin, Ph.D. Department of City and Regional Planning Faculty of Architecture Dokuz Eylul University Izmir / TÜRKİYE *

The Effects of Disasters (Earthquakes) Examples for Disaster Effects in Turkey

The Vulnerability of Cities in Disaster Factors that affect the vulnerability of cities:  Squattering  Poverty  Lack of infrastructure  Loss of physical quality  Population increase  High dense urban texture  Shanty settlements Settlement Examples from Turkey

The Vulnerability of Cities in Disaster Lack of the spatial organization in cities Risky areas in cities Non-structured cities according to the methodical solutions

The Role of Open and Green Spaces  Gathering points  Primary Evacuation Areas  Regional Evacuation Areas  Evacuation Routes  Tent Village  Temporary Housing Important Roles of Open and Green Areas

The Role of Open and Green Spaces Different Usage of Open and Green Areas After Disaster

1.What is the role of open and green spaces in terms of the disaster management and risk reduction? 2.How can it be determined the sufficiency level (quantitative) is appropriate and usability is convenient (qualitative) in the case of disaster? 3.How can it be determined open and green spaces’ sufficiency levels in the context of spatial organization when a disaster occurs? Questions

4.How can open and green spaces be handled in different phases (analyses, synthesis and decision process of development plan) in the context of the disaster risk reduction? 5.Can new criteria be upgraded within considering disaster risk towards open and green spaces, such as location, size, standards, strategy and legislation arrangement? 6.What kind of urban planning approaches and strategy can be developed in the context of urban regeneration projects intended to reduce the disaster risk? Questions

The Aim of Study This study is concerned with using open and green spaces in spatial organization and urban planning strategies in risk reduction and crises management.

The Context of Study LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN The Effective Role of Open and Green Spaces in The Process of Design and Planning GREEN NETWORK STRATEGY FOCUSED ON RISK REDUCTION DATA ANALYSIS & QUERRY Determination of Open and Green Spaces’ Usability

The Method of Study SURVEY AND DATA COLLECTION DATA ANALYSIS AND QUERRY EVALUATION DETERMINATION OF OPEN AND GREEN SPACES INVENTORY Izmir City Surf Geographic Information Systems Satellite Image Site Survey DETERMINATION OF OPEN AND GREEN SPACES’ USABILITY EVALUATION OF OPEN AND GREEN SPACES’ INADEQUACIES EVALUATION OF THE EMERGENCY PLAN OF IZMIR CITY IN TERMS OF PROPOSED PROJECT COLLECTION OF POPULATION DATA AREAL SIZE ANALYSIS LAND QUALITY ANALYSIS CAPACITY ANALYSIS ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS DETERMINATION OF RISK LEVELS AND PATTERNS IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD, DISTRICT AND CITY SCALES SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INADEQUANCIES, MAKING QUERRIES AND PREPARATION OF THEMATIC MAPS DETERMINATION OF INTERVENTION TYPES FOR RISK REDUCTION Turkish Statistical Institute, 2014

The Common Effects of Study The proposed study intends to bring important common effects in the socio-economic and technological aspects such as:  The creation of a data set  Creating new criteria and standards designing and planning open and green spaces  The development of a new urban risk analysis and new strategies for other urban sectors  The risk management studies  The reconsideration of the Emergency Plan  Sharing the results of the study with the relevant institutions

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