Investigation of the Effects of Disasters on the Development of Urban Form

Abstract

Cities are in a dynamic structure that is in a constant process of change and transformation. In the process of change
and transformation, while cities grow by developing in various ways, their morphological structures also change. In
this process, various natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, and flood, etc.) affect the changes in the cities and shape
the morphology of the cities to a great extent. Especially natural disasters that occur in urban centers can cause
sudden changes in the development of urban forms. This study, it is aimed to examine the spatial developments of
disaster cities and the effects of morphological changes at the macro form level on the physical form of cities. Those
affected by earthquakes, one of the most experienced natural disasters in Turkey, and urban settlements whose
centers are desired to be changed; Erzincan, Sakarya-Adapazarı, Ağrı-Doğubeyazıt, Denizli, and Düzce provinces were
chosen as typical case examples. Within the scope of the study; urban morphology was considered as a method
aiming to analyze the changes that a city or part of the city had undergone formally, and the urban development
patterns of the sample cities were examined by choosing the intervention scale city form in the city morphology.