Mehmet Ronael

Istanbul Technical University · Urban

In December 2019, COVID-19 infections first occurred in Wuhan City, China, after which it rapidly spread throughout the world. Today, COVID-19 has become a major disaster affecting countries physically, socially, and especially economically. However, reasons behind the spread of COVID-19 are still unclear. Therefore, many scholars from different di...

The Italian school of morphology, founded on the understandings of Muratori & Caniggia, remarks on the importance of the historical background of a settlement as a guide for the urban design process. In addition, the French school of morphology focuses on history as it gives the main character that shapes the current physical structure of a settlem...

Between the 19th and 20th centuries, European and American towns developed their economic policies from agriculturally based to industrial-based; however, in the 21st century, they changed their direction from industrial-based to creativity-based. Similarly, creative activities have developed in Turkey since the 1990s, after its acceptance as a Eur...

Yolculuğuna toplumun ortak yararı olarak başlayan ancak zaman içinde çeşitli dönüşümler geçiren, idari işlemlerle somutlaştırılan ve bu işlemlerin temel amaç unsuru olan kamu yararı kavramı, dinamik yapısına bağlı olarak durağan, kesin ve net bir tanıma sahip olmayan bir kavramdır. İki veya daha fazla kamu yararının karşı karşıya gelmesiyle ortaya...

21. yüzyılın başından itibaren seri üretime dayalı endüstriyel ekonomi, merkezine yaratıcılığı ve özgün fikirleri koyan yeni bir sisteme dönüşmeye başlamış; bu dönüşüm kentlerin fiziksel, ekonomik, sosyal ve kültürel katmanlarında farklı değişimlere sebep olmuştur. Yaratıcı ekonominin yükselişi olarak adlandırılan süreçte hammaddeye yakınlığın ve e...

In December of 2019, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first occurred in Wuhan city, China, and it started to spread throughout the whole world rapidly. Today, it is the most critical disaster that humanity ever had, and it has affected countries physically, socially, but especially economically. However, the reasons behind the spread of COVID-19 are...

One of the main aims of this research is revealing and interpreting the spatial distribution and movement of creative sectors and especially architectural activities in Istanbul through the maps produced by using sectoral data of SSI and current positions of architectural firms. After revealing the spread of the architectural firms from the center...

Industry 4.0, which has made great progress in the 21st century, has both spatial and socioeconomic effects on various sectors such as industry, logistics, health, education, and agriculture, as well as the tourism sector at different scales. Considering the rapid development of digital and mobile technologies over the past 20 years, it is clear th...

From the beginning of the 21st century, the creative economy has arisen in European and American countries; besides, this new system started to shape the social, physical, economic, and cultural patterns of cities. In Turkey, encouraging the creative economy to participate in the global market became an important concern of policy-makers especially...

Since the beginning of the 21st century, many industrial economies have developed into ones based on creative knowledge. This change to the economic system has also brought about modifications in the physical, economic and social compositions of cities. According to these new economic models, the power of raw materials and the importance of their a...

The gentrification process has been examined by sociologists, urban planners, geographers and many other professionals since the 1970s. However, despite a great deal of research into the concept, process, and other dimensions of gentrification, there are few studies which consider the importance of the perspective and experiences of residents and u...