Arzu TAYLAN , Research Assistant

B.C.P., METU

Department of City and Regional Planning
Faculty of Architecture METU Ankara 06531

Phone: + 90 312 210 4201 / 123
E-mail:
ataylan@metu.edu.tr

Research interests: Housing Affordability, Urban Risk Management, Natural Hazard Insurance, Risk Perception and Risk Mitigation

Current Projects:
PhD Dissertation on "Urban Disaster Risk Management using Obligatory Earthquake Insurance as an Instrument in Turkey"


Dissertation project: "Evaluation of the Insurance Buying and Risk Mitigation Decision Process of Households in Zeytinburnu in Istanbul"

Selected Publications

Evaluation of the Possible Urban Planning and Insurance Policies Considering Households' Decision Process to Create a Risk Reduction Culture in Turkey, 14th SRA (Society for Risk Analysis) Europe Annual Meeting, Como, Italy, 12-14 September, 2005.

Urban Risk Management with Insurance and Microfinance?, CENAT - 6th PhD Students' and Advisors Meeting- in the field of natural disasters, Ticino, Switzerland, 18-20 September, 2005.

Urban Risk Management Considering the Households' Decision Process for Insurance and Risk Mitigation under the Earthquake Risk in Turkey, 6th Open Meeting on Human Dimensions and Global Environmental Change, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 9-13 October, 2005.

The Expectations and Realities of the Obligatory Earthquake Insurance in the Urban Planning Context in Turkey, The General Assembly in European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 25 - 29 April 2005.

Housing Affordability of Households in Turkey, The General Assembly for Housing, Chambers of City Planners, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2002.



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