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Research
interests:
Housing Processes, Tenure Forms and Economics; Theory of Rent; Economics
of Real Property; Urban Risks and Contingency Planning
Research,
Project Development and Consultancies
2003-2005 Project Co-Director in 'Greco-Turkish Research on Urban
Earthquakes: The cases of Istanbul and Athens', Project Approved
by the Turkish Science Council (TÜBİTAK) and the Greek Science Council,
under Bilateral Scientific Agreement.
2002 March-September: Appointed member in the National Ideas Competition
Jury on "Safety Design of Settlements, Housing, and Public
Buildings" Chamber of Architects of Turkey.
2002-2003 Consultancy to the Greater Municipality of Istanbul on
"Earthquake Master Plan for Istanbul", project submitted
in Collaboration with a group of experts from different disciplines
and four universities.
2002- Individual Consultancy to the Prime Ministry in World Bank
Project MEER A3, appointment by tender; safety planning of 6 pilot
Municipalities.
2002-2003 Sustainable Implementation of Micro-Zoning Findings and
Engineering Building Structure Surveys in the Monitoring of Town
Planning Practice: Cases of Sakarya and Değirmendere, Research Consultancy
as Lead Person to the DRM World Institute for Disaster Risk Management
(with F. Krimgold, and H. Kunreuther), supported by the Swiss Government,
DEZA.
1999-2000 'Physical Planning for Guiding Earthquake Preparedness,
and Enabling Local Authorities: the Case of Gerede', research project
carried out by the post-graduate city planning studio programme
CP501-502, and financed by the Research Fund of METU (with post-graduate
students and P. Gülkan).
1998-2000 METU Applied Research Revolving Fund Project: 'Management
and Training Centre, Social Facilities Complex for the Central Bank
of Turkey', Ankara (42'000m2), responsibilities for conceptual planning
and design, project development, working details, quantity surveying,
cost scheduling, and the preparation of tender documents (245 A0+
architectural, 650+ engineering drawings and all documents prepared
and submitted in hard and virtual copies on CD, building permit),
all completed in September 2000 (project director and copyright
holder).
1997-1999 Consultancy services for the World Bank project 'Revision
of the Turkish Development Law No. 3194 and Its Attendant Regulations
with the Objective of Establishing a New Building Construction Supervision
System Inclusive of Incorporating Technical Disaster Resistance-Enhancing
Measures', competitively tendered and administered by the Housing
Administration of Turkey, for the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement
(with P. Gülkan and H. Sucuoğlu).
1975-1998 METU Applied Research Revolving Fund Projects and Consultancy
Services for Private and Public Bodies (including municipalities,
State Directory of Railways, The Scientific Research Council, Bank
of Provinces, etc.) Concerning: urban planning projects, urban and
architectural design projects, awards in architectural competitions,
feasibility studies concerning real property, projects on property
risk management and safe and sustainable development.
Taught
Courses:
CRP 341 Urban Economics
CP 501 City Planning Masters Planning Studio I
CP 502 City Planning Masters Planning Studio II
CP 562 Urban Risks and Planning
Selected
Publications:
(* indicate publications in the Turkish language)
2003*
'Management of Risks: Development and Legal Issues, Finance and
Insurance', Rehabilitation of Istanbul, Conference Organized by
the Governorate of Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality,
Chamber of Engineers, 7 August 2002, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall,
Harbiye Istanbul, 129-137.
2003* 'Permanent Housing for the EQ Victims', Mimarlık 40.Year Special
Issue: Jan.-Feb. 2003 (309) 35-47.
2003* 'National EQ Policy' Book of Special Forum, National Union
of Chambers of Architects and Engineers of Turkey, Chamber of Engineers,
Matsa Publishers, Ankara. 17-20; 75-82; 118-119.
2003* 'The Institutional Functions of Urban Planning in Mitigation
of Earthquake Risks' Book of Abstracts of the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake
Conference, Istanbul Technical University, 23-24, paper in CD.
2003* 'Urban Risk Management and Preparation of Cities for Earthquakes',
'Preparation of Cities to Earthquakes and the Reality of Istanbul'
Symposium 8 February 2002, Chamber of Architects, İTÜ Taşkışla İstanbul,
17-36..
2002* 'The Mitigation Strategy Report of the National EQ Council',
in 'National EQ Policy' Forum Book, Bulletin of Chamber of Engineers,
Ankara, July-August, 15-16.
2002* 'Problems of the Current Disaster Management System in Turkey:
Geological Surveys, Development Planning and Resources for Safety',
in 'Disaster Management and Local Administrations', Union of Municipalities
of Turkey and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Ankara, Bellek Publishers,
105-111.
2002* 'Necessary Revisions in the Planning Provisions for Enabling
Urban Rehabilitation Activities in Turkey', Yapı (December, no:
253) 66-70.
2002* 'Expectations of Turkey: EQs and Political Willpower' Mimarlık
(October; 307) 21-23.
2002* Istanbul EQ and Safe Buildings, Disaster Coordination Center
of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality AKOM, Yedirenk Publication,
Istanbul, 115-123.
2002* 'National EQ Council, Disasters Strategies', Evaluation of
Practices on the 2. year of the great EQ, 18 August 2001, Istanbul,
Panel/Forum, Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers, Chamber
of Architects of Turkey, Istanbul 27-32, 83-87.
2002* What Preparations are Necessary for the Istanbul Earthquake?
Science and Technology Journal, The Turkish Science and Technology
Council (TUBITAK), No: 413, 63.
2002* April: Co-author of "National Mitigation Strategy for
Earthquakes", National Earthquake Council, Ankara.
2002* Urban Risk Management: Methods and Tools for Safety Design,
Natural Disasters: Design for Safety, editor, E. Komut, Union of
International Architects-Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Kardelen
Ofset, 26-54.
2002 'Painful Steps of Progress from Crisis Planning to Contingency
Planning: Proposed and Realized Changes for Disaster Preparedness
in Turkey', The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management,
Leiden (Volume 10, No. 1, March 2002) 39-49.
2002* 'Evaluation of the Past Two Years After the Great Earthquakes'
Conference Papers of the Chamber of Architects, Istanbul (in the
process of publication).
2002 'Urban Planning and Seismic Risk Management', Integrated Disaster
Risk Management: Megacity Vulnerability and Resilience, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA Laxenburg, Austria,
Book of Abstracts, p. 4.
2002 'Hazards Policy at Cross-Roads: Current State of Structuring
Mitigation Efforts in Turkey', Hazards 2002, Ninth International
Symposium on Natural and Human-Made Hazards, Natural Hazards Society,
Antalya, Book of Abstracts, 29-30.
2002* 'Enabling the Local Administrations for Earthquake Preparedness:
The Case of Gerede', research funded by METU Research Fund, and
financed for publication by the Association of Architects of Japan
(with post-graduate students of the City and Regional Planning Department
of the City Planning Studio Course CP501-502, and P. Gülkan, in
the process of preparation).
2002* 'A new System of Land-Use Planning and Building Control for
Improved Resistance against Natural Disasters', the book form of
reports of the 1997-1999 research, METU Press (with P. Gülkan and
H. Sucuoğlu, in the process of preparation).
2002 'Shaky Grounds for Architecture in Oblivion: Whose Agenda is
Earthquake Anyway?', in 'Oriental-Occidental: Geography, Identity,
Space' Edited by M. A. Rinehart, Proceedings of 2001 Association
of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) International Conference,
ACSA Press, Washington, 297-302.
2002* 'Problems of the Land-Use and Building Control System in Turkey,
and its Restructuring', in 'Development Law, Society and Architecture'
13-14 October Symposium, Istanbul Chamber of Architects, 107-130,
153-155.
2001 'Disasters and Social Organisation' paper presented at 'European
Sociological Association Congress', Section: 'Sociology of Disasters',
September, Helsinki, Finland.
2001* 'A Review of Current Efforts of Preparations for the expected
Istanbul Earthquake, Paper presented at The Fourth National Roundtable
Discussion, METU (in the process of publication).
2001* Problems in the Housing of Earthquake Victims, The Journal
of the Chamber of City Planners of Turkey, volume 201, Number 4,
4-10.
2001* 'Risk Management and Earthquake Mitigation', The Bulletin
of the Civil Engineers of Turkey, Istanbul Branch (12: 1, No.52)
17-20.
2001 Methods and Tools in Urban Risk Management, in Natural Disasters:
Designing for Safety, E. Komut, editor, International Union of Architects
and the Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara, 24-37.
2001 Disaster Policies and Social Organisation, 'Visions and Divisions'
The 5th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Challenges
to European Sociology, Helsinki, Book of Abstracts, p.14.
2001 'Recent Changes in Turkish Disasters Policy: A Strategical
Reorientation?', in 'Mitigation and Financing Seismic Risks in Turkey',
ed. Paul R. Kleindorfer, NATO Science Series (IV/3), Kluwer publishers,
207-234.
2000 'An Integrated Public Policy Toward Natural Hazard Mitigation:
Can Urban Planning and Construction Supervision Fix Economic Losses?',
12WCEE 2000, 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland,
New Zealand, 30 January-4 February 2000, Book of Abstracts vol.
2, 1808 (P. Gülkan ve H. Sucuoğlu ile).
2000* 'Organizational Changes of Professional Practice in the Building
Sector', Arredamento Mimarlık (6) 107-111.
2000* 'Is Turkey in the Process of Restructuring its Earthquake
Strategy?' Mimarlık (295, October) 44-47.
2000* 2000* 'Obligatory Building Insurance and Urban Development',
Cumhuriyet Bilim Teknik, 18 March, 16-17.
2000* 'Reproducing the Fatalist Society: An Evaluation of the Disasters
and Development Laws and Regulations in Turkey', in Urban Settlements
and Natural Disasters, ed. E. Komut, International Union of Architects
and Chamber of Architects of Turkey, 100-125.
1999 'Reproducing the Fatalist Society: An Evaluation of the Disasters
and Development Laws and Regulations in Turkey', in Urban Settlements
and Natural Disasters, ed. E. Komut, UIA and Chamber of Architects
of Turkey, 96-107.
1999* 'Revision of the Turkish Development Law No. 3194 and Its
Attendant Regulations with the Objective of Establishing a New Building
Construction Supervision System Inclusive of Incorporating Technical
Disaster Resistance-Enhancing Measures' volume 3 of Report of World
Bank Research Project submitted to the Ministry of Public Works
and Settlement at 10 August (with P. Gülkan, H. Sucuoğlu, R. Bademli,
M. Ersoy, R. Keleş and G. Tankut).
1999* 'Mitigation for Safe Cities and Procedures in their Making:
The METU Proposals', Mimarlık (288) 12-16.
1999* 'Disasters, Politics, Integrity', Bilim ve Ütopya (63, September)
8-9.
1999* 'Revision of the Turkish Development Law No. 3194 and Its
Attendant Regulations with the Objective of Establishing a New Building
Construction Supervision System Inclusive of Incorporating Technical
Disaster Resistance-Enhancing Measures' (with propositions covering:
Organizational Changes, Processes, and Legislation), reproduced
by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, commemorating the
75th. Year of Republic (Volume 2), February (with P. Gülkan, H.
Sucuoğlu and others).
1998* 'The Revision of the Planning System in Turkey for the Purposes
of Disaster Mitigation', Türkiye Mühendislik Haberleri (43: 4; no:
396) 7-27 (with P. Gülkan, H. Sucuoğlu, R. Bademli, M. Ersoy, R.
Keleş, and G. Tankut).
1998* 'Revision of the Turkish Development Law No. 3194 and Its
Attendant Regulations with the Objective of Establishing a New Building
Construction Supervision System Inclusive of Incorporating Technical
Disaster Resistance-Enhancing Measures' (surveys and evaluations
of: cases abroad, existing legal and organisational set up, need
for revisions and scope), reproduced by the Ministry of Public Works
and Settlement, commemorating the 75th. Year of Republic (Volume
1), November (with P. Gülkan, H. Sucuoğlu and others).
Grants,
Competitions and Awards:
2003- TUBITAK Award for Research under the Bilateral Agreement between
Greek and Turkish Governments.
2003 METU, 2000-2002 Distinguished Academic Achievement Award, July
2003.
2003 UNDP grant for invited keynote speaker and participant in disaster
planning seminar, 3-6 June, Sheraton Tirana, Albania.
2002 Prime Ministry, Project Implementation Unit, Successful proposal
upon invited tender for consultancy to World Bank project MEER A3.
2000 METU, 1999 Distinguished Academic Achievement Award, June 2000.
1997 Successful invited proposal for the research tender prepared
for the World Bank among four competing research centers on 'Revision
of Development Law for the Mitigation of Disaster Effects in Turkey'
(with P. Gülkan ve H. Sucuoğlu)
1996 Second Mention Award in the 'Urban Design Competition' of the
Municipality of Konya Karatay (with A. Güzer)
1993 First Mention Award in the 'Urban Planning Competition for
the CBD of Ankara' of the Metropolitan Municipality of Ankara (with
T. Birgönül ve H. Gürsu)
1993 British Council short-term research grant for visitations to
Housing Research Centers in the UK
1992 Second Award in the 'Housing Finance Model Competition' of
the Housing Development Administration of the Prime Ministry (with
T. Birgönül)
1992 The Yunus Nadi Social Sciences Award of Daily Paper Cumhuriyet:
'Flat Ownership and Urbanization in Turkey', 330 pages.
1987 French Government short-term research grant for visiting housing
research units and implementations in France
1984 British Council short-term research grant for participating
the seminar on 'Urban Land Planning' in Oxford
1980 US grant for participating the Salzburg Seminar in American
Studies
1972-73 OECD grant for academic research
1972-73 British Council grant awarded but returned
1969-72 United Nations Fellowship for academic research
1966-67 British Council grant for academic research
Memberships:
" National Earthquake Council of Turkey
" Executive Board, Disaster Management Research and Implementation
Centre of METU
" Chairman, Working Group on Disasters for the 4th Izmir Congress
of Economics
" Earthquake Committee, Chamber of Architects of Turkey
" 'Urban Settlements and Natural Disasters' Regional Working
Group, UIA International Union of Architects
" Committee for the Istanbul EQ of Architects and Engineers
Chambers of Turkey
" Committee for Specialized Professional Training, Ankara Branch
of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey
" Organizing Committee for Disasters and Social Crises, European
Sociological Association
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