Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
30th IAHS World Congress on Housing, Coimbra, Portekiz, 9 - 13 Eylül 2002, ss.905-912
After Duzce earthquake happened in November, 12, 1999 %70 percent of the built environment has mined in the urban area and after the removal of the ruins the urban area has turned to a huge open space. Although it is a large earthquake, there was no serious damage and death in Duzce in the former earthquake happened in 1967 because of the traditional timber skeleton structures. In the following period, by the rapid increase of the density of the high rise buildings and apartments in the urban center caused the loss of old traditional houses of the region. So, by the following earthquake in 1999, Duzce urban center ruined and after the removal of the ruins, the city became a huge open space and the mass housing and construction activities are continuing in the new settlement areas selected due to the ground qualities of the land apart from the city center. This paper is based on a research that is still continuing dealing with urban renewal activities after the earthquake in Duzce. In this paper, sustainable urban and building design parameters and its application possibilities for Duzce urban center in the frame of urban renewal activities will be studied. Establishing sustainable and ecological building construction system and qualified housing areas convenient for a settlement subject to earthquakes will be discussed. Ways of quality housing and lots in new urban centers linked with regeneration of the effected areas will be determined. The hints for actual housing design from the traditional housing applications and the development of comfortable and safe reconstruction housing areas will be set for such a sustainable and disaster managed urban environment both in general scale and for Duzce case.