REVIEW PAPER
Preventing Natural Hazard Risks
through Sustainable Site Design
A. Ozdemir
Department of Landscape Architecture, Ankara University, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2008;17(4):457–462
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ABSTRACT
This paper examines sustainable site design approaches with emphasis on preventing certain natural hazards.
It explores the role of natural forms and land modeling as mediators concerned with the identity of site
and place with a concern that design should be ecological and sustainable, using resources efficiently.
This paper proposes that natural disasters such as landslides and erosion might be prevented by sustainable site
design. Preparedness should start at the site selection phase with proper site analysis. After gaining an understanding
of the causative mechanisms of these hazards, a set of site design principles for reliably avoiding the
causes of the disasters is established.
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