Over the last decade, turkey has initiated several regulatory and institutional reforms to better mitigate and reduce disaster risks, with a focus on seismic risk. The Squatter (Gecekondu) Law No. 775 (1966) was the first regulatory effort to produce housing for low-income groups in Turkey, and...

The obsolescence of the built environment -- Transforming and regenerating the housing -- Evaluating the existing built environment -- The great-size architecture -- The great-size public social housing: the case of Rome -- Typology and evaluation -- Seismic risk and evaluation -- Energy and...