An Examination of Design and Planning Principles of Post-Disaster Container Cities: The Case of Malatya Beydağı Container City

Determining post-disaster emergency assembly areas and temporary shelter areas is one of the basic elements of urban planning and disaster management. The locations, distribution, sizes and infrastructure features of these areas are of vital importance in ensuring the safety of people and meeting their needs in case of disaster. The aim of this study is to determine the criteria that should be taken into account in the planning, design and implementation stages of container cities used as temporary gathering areas that can provide a solution to the post-disaster shelter need. As a research method, a literature review was conducted from domestic and foreign sources on the subject; Studies carried out to identify emergency gathering and temporary shelter areas after the disaster in Malatya were examined. A survey was conducted on 166 people in order to evaluate the compliance of the location and qualities of Beydağı Container City, which was selected as the sample study area, with national and international standards. In line with the findings, design and planning recommendations were developed for Malatya Beydağı Container City. As a result, it has been concluded that container cities used as post-disaster gathering areas should be planned in accordance with design and planning principles in order to minimize the effects of the disaster. It has been determined that Malatya Beydağı Container City does not currently comply with the design and planning principles and various design and planning suggestions have been presented on this issue.