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Resilient urban planning process in question: Istanbul case

Zeynep Deniz Yaman Galantini (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Azime Tezer (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey)

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

ISSN: 1759-5908

Article publication date: 12 February 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to describe an updated urban planning process to expose a theoretical model bridging the resilience concept and urban planning, and then it explains this process through Istanbul case.

Design/methodology/approach

A hypothetical framework is proposed based on the three different but complementary aspects of resilience which are identified as “resilience to what”, “resilience where” and “resilience how”, as well as “five elements process” referring the upgraded components of urban planning processes. Additionally, the methodology conducted to figure out a resilient urban planning process is listed as an expert opinion survey, a two-stage policy Delphi survey, public opinion survey and multi-criteria analysis.

Findings

It is possible to apply this process in many different case studies for various scales and temporalities for coping with the key vulnerabilities and promote the administrative response capacity.

Research limitations/implications

Considering size of the study area and the unclarified roles of urban authorities, it is difficult to have a consensus on the key vulnerabilities and the prior urban policies.

Originality/value

The proposed process is beneficial in addressing the most prominent vulnerabilities and developing capacity to manage unexpected changes, through the collaborative decisions of a wide range of urban planning authorities. Depending on the severity of the disturbances, applying this process to identify changing priorities can be a crucial policy, both for long- or short-term urban policy-making, for further studies.

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Acknowledgements

This paper is an invited paper from “Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience” within the 41st IAHS World Congress on Housing: Sustainability and Innovation for the Future, and it is produced from the ongoing PhD thesis of Zeynep Deniz Yaman Galantini, which has been developed under the “Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Resilience and Ecosystem Services” TUBITAK Project, No.110K350 and funded by Istanbul Technical University Department of Scientific Research Projects Committee. The authors thank the two anonymous reviewers for critically reading and suggesting substantial improvement in the manuscript. Their comments helped in the better understanding of the manuscript.

Citation

Yaman Galantini, Z.D. and Tezer, A. (2018), "Resilient urban planning process in question: Istanbul case", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-10-2016-0038

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