Uncovering Vulnerabilities and Resilience of Benghazi After the War

Abdelhamed BARANİ; Zerrin Ezgi KAHRAMAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.32569/resilience.586657

Makale detayları

Uncovering Vulnerabilities and Resilience of Benghazi After the War

Yazarlar:

Abdelhamed BARANİ | Zerrin Ezgi KAHRAMAN

Yayıncı:

Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

Mimarlık

Dergi:

Resilience 2019 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.165-171

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000604607

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2602-4667

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32569/resilience.586657

Özet:

 


 that they not only stimulate vulnerabilities of
cities but also decrease their resilience. The civil war in the city of
Benghazi stared in 2011. This study aims to investigate both the multifaceted
vulnerabilities of Benghazi resulted from war and some signs of resilience
reactions against consequences of war. It attempts to compare before and after
the war situations for various structures in the city including demographic,
economic, social, spatial and environmental dimensions. To do this, it analyses
written and visual documents such as master plans, satellite images and
national/international reports. The study finds outs that the inhabitants of
the city have economically developed resiliency strategies by creating new jobs.
Moreover, the residents of Benghazi construct permeant or temporary houses at
the outskirts of the city as a spatial resiliency reaction. However, this
reaction results in urban sprawl in the city which consequently stir up the pressures
on natural environmental in the city.(Ballentine & Nitzschke, 2005; Brzoska &
Fröhlich, 2016)Wars result in the
destruction of cities in many ways 

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Wars result in the
destruction of cities in many ways (Ballentine & Nitzschke, 2005; Brzoska &
Fröhlich, 2016) that they not only stimulate vulnerabilities of
cities but also decrease their resilience. The civil war in the city of
Benghazi stared in 2011. This study aims to investigate both the multifaceted
vulnerabilities of Benghazi resulted from war and some signs of resilience
reactions against consequences of war. It attempts to compare before and after
the war situations for various structures in the city including demographic,
economic, social, spatial and environmental dimensions. To do this, it analyses
written and visual documents such as master plans, satellite images and
national/international reports. The study finds outs that the inhabitants of
the city have economically developed resiliency strategies by creating new jobs.
Moreover, the residents of Benghazi construct permeant or temporary houses at
the outskirts of the city as a spatial resiliency reaction. However, this
reaction results in urban sprawl in the city which consequently stir up the pressures
on natural environmental in the city.

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Makale detayları

Uncovering Vulnerabilities and Resilience of Benghazi After the War

Yazarlar: Abdelhamed BARANİ | Zerrin Ezgi KAHRAMAN

Yayıncı: Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar: Mimarlık

Dergi: Resilience 2019 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.165-171

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000604607

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2602-4667

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32569/resilience.586657

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Abdelhamed BARANİ | Zerrin Ezgi KAHRAMAN

Yayıncı:

Eskisehir Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

Mimarlık

Dergi:

Resilience 2019 Vol.3 Issue 2, pp.165-171

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000604607

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2602-4667

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32569/resilience.586657