Mühendislik Fakültesi - The Situation of Istanbul City for the Expected Marmara Earthquake in the Vicinity of Smart Cities

Özet Bilgi

This presentation covers the studies conducted for the city of Istanbul regarding the earthquake loss assessment and quick response that are in engagement with the ongoing smart-city system of the city. Based on the HAZTURK software which was developed by the author the data required and the analyses run is mentioned including the studies of production of the deterministic earthquake hazard maps, estimation of earthquake losses for the buildings, bridges, infrastructures, and the secondary effects of the earthquake as the road blockages, fire following earthquakes, and the post-earthquake requirements for optimum temporary shelter and assembly area determinations, emergency road design regarding the earthquake response and finally retrofit and urban transformation area selection for the city is mentioned in the study. 

The studies and the application concept of them into the newly developing smart-city system of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality will be covered.

Himmet Karaman 

Prof. Dr. at Istanbul Technical University

Born in Kutahya, Turkey, Himmet received the B.E. degree in geodesy and photogrammetry engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in geomatics engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, Turkey.

He worked as a research scholar for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign between 2006 and 2007 at the Mid-America Earthquake Center specialising in the development of MAE-viz software.

In 2009, he joined the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering in Istanbul Technical University as a faculty member.

Since December 2015, Himmet has been the director of the GIS Lab of the Civil Engineering Faculty and is a member of the Civil Engineering Faculty Board of Directors. He is also serving as vice department head of Geomatics Engineering Department and the consultant of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Earthquake Risk Management and Urban Improvement.

Himmet's current research activity includes resilience, disaster management, geographic information science, decision making, earthquake engineering, surveying, and precise positioning.