Emergency Urbanism and Preventive Infrastructures

Columbia University Global Centers’ın “Emergency Urbanism” webinar serisinde Beyrut’tan ve Columbia Üniversitesi’nden akademisyenlerle birlikte deprem, pandemi ve kentsel dayanıklılık konusunda konuştuk. Söyleşide akademisyen K. Murat Güney, İstanbul’da 6306 sayılı afet yasası ile deprem riskinin nasıl suistimal edildiğini harita üzerinde gösterdi, Kanal İstanbul’un artırdığı deprem riskinden bahsetti ve boş konutların deprem riskli binalarda oturanlar için değerlendirilmesine dair önerilerini paylaştı.

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At the Columbia Global Centers webinar on Emergency Urbanism we talked about earthquakes, pandemic and urban resilience.

The Emergency Urbanism and Preventive Infrastructure webinar explores how cities have responded to environmental disasters and disease outbreaks and investigate the interventions required to mitigate the effects of such emergencies. The panelists will provide insight into the preventive systems that are installed, required, and used in emergency anticipation and response.

  • Introduction by: Jawad Dukhgan, Associate Director, Studio-X Amman
  • Moderated by: Mark Wasiuta, Co-Director of the Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture program, Columbia University
  • Speakers:
  • Mona Fawaz, Professor of Urban Planning and Studies in the Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut
  • Murat Güney, Researcher and the Coordinator for international cooperation, Istanbul Planning Agency
  • Pedro Rivera, Architect, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University

“Form, function, density: understanding the legacies of a century of modernist planning and urbanisation in Istanbul” makalemiz yayınlandı

Murat Üçoğlu, Roger Keil ve K. Murat Güney’in yazdığı “Form, function, density: understanding the legacies of a century of modernist planning and urbanisation in Istanbul” başlıklı makale “Densifying the City?: Global Cases and Johannesburg” kitabı içinde yayımlandı. Makaleye aşağıdaki linkten ulaşmak mümkün:

https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=pTsIEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA73&ots=PGmAk_N1go&sig=Ym9su4jAFnmvU190nuJw1S110ZY&fbclid=IwAR2eDmJcjl6GnT0NpPU7tCotD_SNz4fNRqM-uZ8vAET2ICcM8vck1xO6PbM#v=onepage&q&f=false

Kitap hakkında detaylı bilgi için // For more information about the book:

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/densifying-the-city-9781789904932.html

Densifying the City? Global Cases and Johannesburg

Edited by Margot Rubin, Alison Todes, Philip Harrison and Alexandra Appelbaum,

Providing an in-depth exploration of the complexities of densification policy and processes, this book brings the important experiences of densification in Johannesburg into conversation with a range of cities in Africa, the BRICS countries and the Global North. It moves beyond the divisive debate over whether densification is good or bad, adding nuance and complexity to the calls from multilateral organisations for densification as a key urban strategy.

Contemplative Communication of the Picturesque Profile Stories in Social Media

Dr. Balca Arda, Romanya’nın Cluj-Napoca kentinde, The Picturesque: Uluslararası Film ve Medya Araştırmları akademik konferansında “Contemplative Communication of the Picturesque Profile Stories in Social Media” başlıklı bir konuşma gerçekleştirdi. 25-26 Ekim 2019 tarihinde gerçekleşen konferanstaki konuşmanın videosu yukarıdaki linkten izlenebilir.

Presentation at the international film and media studies conference, THE PICTURESQUE: VISUAL PLEASURE AND INTERMEDIALITY IN-BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA, ART AND DIGITAL CULTURE, organized by the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on 25-26 October 2019.

Kitabımız “Massive Suburbanization: (Re)Building the Global Periphery” Çıktı!


Başta İstanbul olmak üzere 13 dünya kentindeki toplu konut ve kentsel dönüşüm projelerini eleştirel bir biçimde inceleyen kitabımız “Massive Suburbanization: (Re)Building the Global Periphery” University of Toronto Press’ten çıktı! Kitabımızdaki her makale o şehir üzerine uzun süredir çalışan uzman akademisyenler tarafından kaleme alındı. Roger Keil ve Murat Ucoglu ile birlikte derleğimiz kitabımız hakkında şimdiye kadar okuyanlar aşağıdaki yorumları yaptı:

“Bu yalnızca bir kitap değil, bir olay!..”
“Bu eser, kent çalışmaları alanında çok önemli bir sentez üretiyor ve kent çalışmalarının geldiği son noktayı ileriye taşıyor…”
“Bu kitap kent çalışmaları, mimarlık, coğrafya, antropoloji, sosyoloji, sosyal politika ve benzer alanlarda ders kitabı olarak okutulabilir…”

Kitabımızı yayınevinin aşağıdaki linkinden %25 indirimle edinmek mümkün:
https://utorontopress.com/ca/massive-suburbanization-3

Our book “Massive Suburbanization: (Re)Building the Global Periphery” was finally published by the University of Toronto Press! Our book that I co-edited together with Roger Keil and Murat Ucoglu critically examines large-scale housing projects in 13 different cities with a particular focus on Istanbul. We have worked very hard and very carefully for a very long time on this, but as you see some of the previous reader’s comments below, I guess that it is worth to do it:

“This collection is more than just another manuscript. It is more like an event..”
“This publication would constitute a major synthesis and advance in the state-of-the-art regarding sub/urban studies.”
“The book could be assigned in courses in urban studies, architecture, geography, anthropology, sociology, social policy, or similar fields.”

You can purchase the book with a 25% discount by clicking the UfT Press web site link below.
https://utorontopress.com/ca/massive-suburbanization-3

Thank you very much to our contributors Stefan Kipfer, Mustafa Dikeç, David Wilson, Basmattee Boodram, Jasmine Smith, Matthias Bernt, Steven Logan, Douglas Young, Roza Tchoukaleyska, Erbatur Çavuşoğlu, Julia Strutz, Wafae Belarbi, Max Rousseau, Margot Rubin, Sarah Charlton, Abidemi Coker, Oded Haas, Karl Schmid, Tianke Zhu and Fulong Wu.

“Kalkınmanın Çelişkisi/The Paradox of Development” Başlıklı Makalemiz Yayınlandı

Bugüne kadar Tuzla Tersaneleri’ndeki iş kazaları üzerine yazdığım doktora tezimi okuyanların en çok ilgisini çeken kısımlardan “Kalkınmanın Çelişkisi/The Paradox of Development” başlıklı bir makale derledim. Makale İŞ GÜÇ: Endüstri İlişkileri ve İnsan Kaynakları Dergisi’nde yayınlandı. Makale açık erişimli ve link aşağıda. Yorum ve görüşlerinize hazır.

The Paradox of Development: Rapid Economic Growth and Fatal Workplace Accidents in Turkey

I published a journal article titled “The Paradox of Development: Rapid Economic Growth
and Fatal Workplace Accidents in Turkey” based on my dissertation research. The article is open access. Here is the link to the full PDF:

Full PDF: “The Paradox of Development: Rapid Economic Growth and Fatal Workplace Accidents in Turkey”