Özcan ESMER, Instructor

B. Arch., M. Arch., METU; M.S in Trop. Arch., Pratt Institute, M.C.P., METU.

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

Phone: + 90 312 210 2204
E-mail:
esmer@arch.metu.edu.tr

Research interests: Spatial regional and urban planning at macro and micro levels, Urban Design, Cybernetics, Urban Modelling & Simulation Methods, System / Urban Dynamics, Information Theory

Current Projects:
1-) Doha City (Quatar/UAE) Coastal Area Planning; in Urban Design Studio, (UD501-502) (with other studio members)

2-) INSURE: Flexible Framework for Indicators for Sustainability in Regions ; Specific Targeted Reearch/ Innovation Project (STREP), European Commission, FP6-Sustainable Development ,Priority 1.1. 6.3. Global Change & Ecosystems, Team Leader of the 3-member METU participation in the Consortium of 8 participants, (Feb.2004-).

Taught Courses:
CRP 451 Models in Urban Planning I
CRP 452 Models in Urban Planning II
UD 501 Urban Design Studio I
UD 502 Urban Design Studio II

Selected Publications:
1-) ''Developing System Dynamics Viewpoint for the 'Terra Dinamica' '' ; in Abstract Book, 5th EURO / INFORMS Joint International Meeting : New Opportunities for Operations Research , 6-10 July,2003, İstanbul, Boğaziçi University, 2003, (p.66 )

2-) ''Can İstanbul Win the Competition for the 2008 Olympic Games ? ''; in D.Camarda & L. Grassini ( Edits.)- Proceedings, Meeting on Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean Region; 26 April-1 May , 2001; Ege University, İzmir ; European Commission INCO-DC (DG - XII ), Politecnico Di Bari, Italy, May,2001, (pp.67-70 )

3-) '' Changing Foundations Of Urban Planning '' ; in Program & Abstracts, Eighteenth International Workshop on Maximum Entropy & Bayesian Methods (MaxEnt 98 ) , 27-31 July, 1998, Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching-München

4-)'' What Happened at the Battle of Termessos ? Or , From System Dynamics to the Mediterranean Dynamics Model '' in Final Report, International Seminar : Coastal Area Management : Integrating Environmental Objectives into Regional Planning, 25-29 March, 1998, Antalya ; ISOCARP, Netherlands, 1998, (pp.148-157 )

5-) ''Üçüncü Binyılın Dönümünde Dördüncü -Kuşak Deprem Olasılık Modelleri : İlk Bildiri '' in A. Koçak ( Edit.) - Bildiriler Kitabı; Küçükçekmece ve Yakın Çevresi Teknik Kongresi :Deprem ve Planlama ; 8-10 Ekim, 2003, Radisson SAS Hotel, İstanbul; Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, 2003, (ss.711-722 )

7-) ''ODTÜ Simgesinin Doğuşu ve Anlamı '' ; ODTÜ'LÜ Dergisi, Sayı : 11, 1996, ODTÜ, Ankara, (pp.10-11 )

8-) ''Transforming the Mediterranean Blue Plan into a Sytem Dynamics Model '' in E.Özhan (Edit.)-MEDCOAST 93, Proceedings ,Vol. 1 , First International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, 2-5 Nov. 1993, Antalya, METU, Ankara, 1993, (pp.273-290 )

9-) '' Is Theseus Still Fighting ? Or, Running a Studio in the Absence of Planning Theory Courses '' in Zekiye Yenen (Edit.)-Proceedings, International Symposium on Architecture of Tourism in the Mediterranean, 13-16 Oct. 1991, Yıldız TechnicalUniversity, Faculty of Architecture, İstanbul, 1991, (pp.117- 125 ).

10-)'' 'Carmen', Catastrophe Theory & Ssystem Dynamics : A Second Look Through the Fourth Cybernetics '', Proceedings, 12th International Congress on Cybernetics, Association De Cybernetique (AIC ), 21-25 August,1989, Namur / Belgique, 1990, (pp.1371-1384 )

11-) ''A First Discussion on the Fourth Cybernetics '' , Proceedings, 12th International Congress on Cybernetics, Association Internationale De Cybernetique, (AIC), 21-25 August,1989, Namur / Belgique, 1990, (pp.1274-1285 )

12-) ''Topological Cybernetics : A Sketch for the Fourth Cybernetics '' , Proceedings, Eleventh Congress on Cybernetics, 25-29 August 1986, AIC, Namur / Belgique, 1987, (pp.665-679 ) (originated by the autor )


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