A Post-Disaster Dilemma: Temporart Settlements in Duzce City, Turkey

The study is exploratory and aims at developing a better understand the implementation of
housing recovery through lessons-learnt from previous experiences. It describes the main
tasks of reconstruction planning and focuses on temporary sheltering and housing with
alternative approaching in providing these.

The research title, “Disaster Dilemma”, was chosen as a result of its contradictory meaning to the previous experiences which show that most temporary housing settlements stay longer than their expected life.

Research Questions
The proposal research questions as follows;
?? What are the preliminary and present conditions of settlements?
?? What are the changes between initial and existing situation, and Why?
?? What are the circumstances behind the captured picture of Düzce city in the selected
period?(year 2000 and 2003)