In her article, Assistant Professor Hande Apak emphasizes that the environmental, structural and user-oriented risks of abandoned industrial areas should be addressed with an interdisciplinary approach. The study focuses on developing a systematic model to prevent or mitigate environmental damages. This model aims to ensure healthy regeneration of the areas, good assessment and management of the identified risks, and continuity in the regeneration process. While the paper examines the intertwined relationships between building and environmental systems in the theoretical framework, the Delphi Technique is used in the empirical framework. This method brings together the views of experts from different disciplines in a common language, allowing for consensus in the processing of data and the evaluation of the model. The study proposes an environmental risk-based approach consisting of successive steps in the process of regeneration of contaminated and degraded brownfields.
This valuable work by Assistant Professor Hande Apak fills an important gap in the literature on restoring the ecological and socio-cultural potential of abandoned industrial sites. The study is expected to be a strong reference source in the field of regenerative design with both scientific and practical aspects.
We congratulate Assistant Professor Hande Apak for this achievement and wish her success in her scientific studies.
