Climate Change and Futureproofing Infrastructure: Etimesgut, Ankara Case Study
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FUTUREPROOFING INFRASTRUCTURE: ETIMESGUT, ANKARA CASE STUDY A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY SERTAÇ ORUÇ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE JUNE 2018 Approval of the thesis: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FUTUREPROOFING INFRASTRUCTURE: ETIMESGUT, ANKARA CASE STUDY Submitted by SERTAÇ ORUÇ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth System Science Department, Middle East Technical University by, Prof. Dr. Halil Kalıpçılar _____________________ Dean, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, METU Prof. Dr. C. Can Bilgin _____________________ Head of Department, Earth System Science, METU Prof. Dr. Ayşen Yılmaz _____________________ Supervisor, Earth System Science Dept., METU Prof. Dr. İsmail Yücel _____________________ Co-Supervisor, Civil Engineering Dept., METU Examining Committee Members: Prof. Dr. Elçin Kentel _____________________ Civil Engineering Dept., METU Prof. Dr. Ayşen Yılmaz _____________________ Earth System Science Dept., METU Prof. Dr. Cemal Saydam _____________________ Environmental Engineering Dept., Hacettepe University Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuğrul Yılmaz _____________________ Civil Engineering Dept., METU Assist. Prof. Dr. Melih Çalamak _____________________ Civil Engineering Dept., TED University Date: 22.06.2018 I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name : Sertaç Oruç Signature : iv ABSTRACT CLIMATE CHANGE AND FUTUREPROOFING INFRASTRUCTURE: ETIMESGUT, ANKARA CASE STUDY Oruç, Sertaç Ph.D., Department of Earth System Science Supervisor : Prof.
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