New Publishing from Lect. Dr. İbrahim Erol!

The article of Lect. Dr. İbrahim Erol, one of the faculty members of Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (GSF), Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (Tr&Eng) Departments, titled "Evaluation of Spatial Strategies Developed for the Sustainability of Health Services during Epidemic Processes", was published in the 3rd issue of the 6th volume of. Disaster and Risk Magazine.

From the abstract;

“In the epidemic process, there are densities caused by the epidemic in health institutions and there is an increase in health care demands related to severe symptoms related to the disease. In addition to these additional health service demands in connection with the epidemic, the treatment and control of various diseases is also a significant part of public health. For this reason, the sustainability of existing health services during the epidemic is very important from a social point of view. Health service capacities may be insufficient from time to time, especially during periods when the disease spreads rapidly and peaks. At this point, new health structures are needed. Studies and applications in the field offer different suggestions on this subject. These suggestions are the construction of new health facilities, restructuring of existing health facilities, emergency temporary structures, mobile health clinics, and re-functioning of the existing building stock. One, more, or all of these spatial suggestions are adopted by the countries and these suggestions can be put into practice when the time comes. Each proposal has several advantages and disadvantages. For this reason, these suggestions should be analyzed and evaluated in terms of current conditions to find the most appropriate solution for the need. In this study, spatial strategies developed and applied to maintain health services and increase health service capacities during epidemic processes were examined by SWOT analysis method. Through this method, the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of each developed strategy were evaluated by considering the epidemic processes. As a result of the analysis, it has been seen that all five solution proposals have advantages and disadvantages in terms of cost, time, quality, and use after the epidemic. Evaluations regarding installation costs, construction times, flexibility in terms of developing customized designs, accessibility, and post-pandemic use cases were evaluated for all five scenarios.”

We congratulate Lect. Dr. İbrahim Erol and wish him success in his academic studies.

The article's tag is as follows:

Erol, İ., & Ökten, B. B. (2023). Salgın Süreçlerinde Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Sürdürülebilmesine Yönelik Geliştirilen Mekânsal Stratejilerin Değerlendirilmesi. Afet ve Risk Dergisi, 6(3), 1006-1022.