Earthquake, Urban Transformation and Sustainability Workshop

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA); With the organization of the Environment, Biodiversity and Climate Change Working Group, hosted by our University, “Earthquake, Urban Transformation and Sustainability Workshop” will be held in Kocaeli on October 7, 2024. With the workshop organized to increase the level of awareness of society against earthquake risk and to prepare for possible disasters, to reconstruct structures and areas at risk of earthquakes with a modern and durable urbanism approach and to integrate energy efficiency and environmentally friendly practices into urban transformation projects by maintaining ecological balance; it will be possible to evaluate the current situation and exchange ideas and make suggestions on these issues. At the end of the workshop, the presentations of the speakers will be published as a comprehensive book and shared with the relevant institutions and presented for the benefit of policy makers.