Address:   Department of City and Regional Planning, Annex Building, Room: 310, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Phone:      + 90 312 210 22 44

Fax:          + 90 312 210 79 65

E-Mail:      mbalaban@metu.edu.tr

Website:   https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/mbalaban

 

Education

Ph.D. University of Tokyo, Urban Engineering, 2012

Ph.D. Middle East Technical University, City and Regional Planning, 2009

M.Sc. Middle East Technical University, Urban Design, 2001

B.Sc. Middle East Technical University, City and Regional Planning, 1998

 

Research Interests: Risk Management and Mitigation Planning, Urban Flood Risk Management, GIS-based Modeling for Mitigation Planning, Disaster Resilient Cities, Climate Change Issues and Local Governments 

 

Taught Courses (Current): 

CRP238 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Planning (MUST)

CRP201 Planning Studio III (MUST)

CRP202 Planning Studio IV (MUST)

CRP404 Contemporary Issues in City and Regional Planning (ELECTIVE)

CRP405 Nature-Based Solutions for Cities (ELECTIVE)

 

Taught Courses (Past):

CRP301 Planning Studio V (MUST)

CRP302 Planning Studio VI (MUST)

CRP338 Introduction to GIS in Planning Practice (MUST)

EQS508 Principles of Disaster Risk Management and Risk Reduction (MUST)

 

 

Research Projects:

Panto B., Cabot M. L., Osman A., Ozdemir Z., Şenol Balaban M., British Council, Earthquake Awareness for Architectural Heritage Preservation – RESILIENCE, 2026-2027

Ishikawa E., Şenol Balaban M., Project Supported by Public Organizations in Other Countries, The Project of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Title: Comparative Study on the Recovery Process and Philosophy of Victims and Affected Areas in Asian Cities and Villages from Japan, Taiwan, Turkiye, 2024 – 2027

Yalçıner A. C., Şenol Balaban M., Askan Gündoğan A., Pekcan O., Universities of Other Countries Supported Project, Creation support and utilization of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake related digital archive, 2023 – 2024

Osman A. S., Huvaj Sarihan N., Şenol Balaban M., Ünal Z. G., Gökmen Erdoğan B., Project Supported by Public Organizations in Other Countries, Developing a novel Climate change Risk Assessment Framework for cultural heritage in Turkey (CRAFT)-PHASE II (funded by UK Arts and Humanities Research Council), 2023 – 2024

Askan Gündoğan A., Şenol Balaban M., Koçkar M. K., Erberik M. A., Tün M., Kop A., Uyguçgil H., Mutlu S., Project Supported by Other Official Institutions, Developing a Method for Urban Seismic Resilience Assessment: Türkoğlu, Kahramanmaraş Case, 2021 – 2023

Huvaj Sarıhan N., Şenol Balaban M., Ünal Z. G., Osman A., Project Supported by Public Organizations in Other Countries, CRAFT: DEVELOPING A NOVEL CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TURKEY (funded by UK Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRC, Global Challenges Research Fund GCRF), 2020 – 2022

Huvaj Sarıhan N., Şenol Balaban M., Manzella I., Project Supported by Public Organizations in Other Countries, NET: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE (Funded by UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Project Coordinator: Univ. of Plymouth), 2020 – 2022

Huvaj Sarıhan N., Kentel Erdoğan E., Askan Gündoğan A., Şenol Balaban M., Balaban O., CB Strateji ve Bütçe Başkanlığı (Kalkınma Bakanlığı) Projesi, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, DEVELOPMENT OF MITIGATION MEASURES AND RISK REDUCTION CRITERIA TO BE BASED ON SPATIAL PLANS, 2020 – 2021

Şenol Balaban M., Uluç A., Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions, BAP Other, Spatialization of Natural and Human-Induced Hazards Facing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Türkiye, 2018 - 2021

Şenol Balaban M., Project Supported by Other Official Institutions, Preparing LDRRP in Rize and Tekirdağ Provinces based on Guidelines by Provincial AFADs, 2020 – 2020

Şenol Balaban M., Project Supported by Other Official Institutions, Updating Guidelines for Provincial Risk Reduction Plan Preparation by Pilot Implementation Project, 2019 – 2019

Şenol Balaban M., TICA-JICA Cooperation Program Supported Project, Third Country Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management and Building Disaster Resilient Communities”, 2019

 

Selected Publications:

Şenol Balaban M. (2026) Afet Riski Yüksek Şehirler ve Türkiye'nin Kentsel Dönüşüm Deneyimindeki Güncel Zorluklar in: Cumhuriyetin 100. Yılında Planlama, Aksel Gürün Banu, Çobanyılmaz Pınar, Editor, İdealkent, Ankara, pp.302-323. (Book Chapter in Turkish)

Şenol Balaban M. and Kuş M. (2025) Blue-Green Infrastructure for Disaster Risk Reduction in Encyclopedia of Disaster Risk Reduction, Springer Nature, pp. 1-5. (https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-981-97-4547-0_173-1)

Nigeria. Ajobiewe T. O., Şenol Balaban M. (2025) Causative factors, Driving forces, and Impacts: The Lexicon of flooding exposes how the media talks about flooding in Ibadan, 7. International Resilience Congress, Elazığ, Turkey, 13 - 16 October 2025, pp.76-78, (Proceeding)

Ishikawa E., Sawada M., Minai N., Nakabayashi I., Şenol Balaban M., Shao P. C., Yorimasa R., Hasegawa S., Öner İ. (2025) A Study of Recovery from Disasters in Turkey, Taiwan, and Japan: Focusing on recovery projects and the roles of national, local, and private organizations The 6th Asian Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan, 16 - 18 May 2025, pp.101-104, (Full Text)

Askan Gündoğan A., Altındal A., Aydın M. F., Erberik M. A., Koçkar M. K., Tün M., Şenol Balaban M., Uyguçgil H., Kop A., Karim Zadeh Naghshineh S. et al. (2025) Assessment of urban seismic resilience of a town in Eastern Turkiye: Turkoglu, Kahramanmaras before and after 6 February 2023 M 7.8 Kahramanmaras earthquake, EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, vol.41, no.1, pp.146-175 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Şenol Balaban M. (2024) SENDAI Afet Risk Azaltma Çerçevesi Ve Yerel Yönetimlerde Risk Azaltma Faaliyetleri İle İlişkisi Bağlamında Türkiye Kentleri, Şehir ve Toplum Dergisi, no.28, pp.41-56, (Non Peer-Reviewed Journal, In Turkish)

Şenol Balaban M., Doğulu C., Akdede N., Akoğlu H., Karakayalı O., Yılmaz S., Yılmaz S., Ajobiewe T., Güzel S., Ikizer G., et al. (2024) Emergency response, and community impact after February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık and Elbistan Earthquakes: reconnaissance findings and observations on affected region in Türkiye, BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, vol.23, pp.1053-1081, (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Ajobiewe T. O., Şenol Balaban M. (2024) A Tale of Two Floods: Examining the Intervals Between Major Flood Events in Ibadan, Nigeria (1980-2024) 6th International Resilience Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 16 - 18 December 2024, pp.75 (Proceeding)

Şenol Balaban M. (2024) Cities and Dangers in the Focus of Climate Change, a Multidimensional Problem, 76. Geology Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 15 - 19 April 2024, pp.74 (Proceeding)

Şenol Balaban M. (2024) A Turning Point in Türkiye’s Seismic History: The 6 February Earthquakes in: TÜRKİYE HUMANITARIAN ACTION OVERVIEW 2023, Selman Salim Kesgin, Gökçe Eser, Editors, KIZILAY Culture and Arts Publication, Ankara, pp.12-16

Aydın M. F., Askan Gündoğan A., Kop A., Şenol Balaban M., Tün M., Erberik M. A., Koçkar M. K. (2024) A Methodology for Assessment of Urban Seismic Resilience: Türkoglu, Kahramanmaras Case Study The 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milan, Italy, 30 June - 05 July 2024, pp.1, (Proceeding)

Bektaş B. N., Nizamoğlu S. M. A., Şenol Balaban M. (2024) Risk Management for Urban Heritage: The Case Of Izmir, AESOP, Paris, France, 8 - 12 July 2024, pp.1335-1376, (Full Text)

Şenol Balaban M., Balaban O. İklim Adaleti ve Konut: Adil Uyum Evden Başlar, Dosya Dergisi, 2023, no.52, pp. 69-76, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal, in Turkish)

Uluç A., Şenol Balaban M., Yıldırım Esen S. (2021) ‘Kültürel Miras Yangın Risk Yönetimi Politikaları Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme: Ingiltere Ve Türkiye Örnekleri’, TÜBA-KED Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Kültür Envanteri Dergisi, cilt.0, sa.24, ss.205-221, 2021 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

Uluç A., Şenol Balaban M., Yıldırım Esen S. (2021) ‘Kültürel Miras Yangın Risk Yönetimi Politikaları Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme: Ingiltere Ve Türkiye Örnekleri’, TÜBA-KED Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Kültür Envanteri Dergisi, cilt.0, sa.24, ss.205-221, 2021 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

Uluç, A , Şenol-Balaban, M . (2019). ‘The Comparison of Institutional Frameworks Regarding Risk Management for Conservation of Cultural Heritage by Focusing on UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Cases of the UK, Japan and Turkey’. Resilience, 3(2), 247-267. DOI: 10.32569/resilience.618752

Şenol Balaban M. (2019). ‘Afete dirençli yerleşimler oluşturmak, Afet risklerini azaltma planı (Creating disaster resilient settlements: Disaster risk reduction plan)’ Bilim ve Ütopya, vol.25, pp.29-34 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)

Şenol Balaban M. (2019). ‘Marmara Depremlerinin 20. Yılında Kentlerimiz Doğal ve Çevresel Tehlikelere Hazır mı? (Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Marmara Earthquakes: Are Our Cities Ready to Sustain Natural and Environmental Hazards?) Mimarlık, pp.20-24 (Other Refereed National Journals)

Uluç A., Şenol-Balaban M. 2019 ‘Investigating the City of Safranbolu World Heritage Site with its Natural Threats’, in Proceedings of International Science and Engineering Applications Symposium on Hazards, 25-27 September 2019, Karabük, TURKEY (International)

Şenol-Balaban M. 2019 ‘Doğal Kaynaklı Tehlikelere Maruz Kültürel Miras Alanları ve Afet Risk Yönetimi Üzerine”, at Emre Madran’ın İzinde: Edep Ya hu Buluşmaları-6, 26 September 2019, Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi, Ankara, TURKEY (National)

Adıkutlu S. & Şenol-Balaban M. 2019 ‘Urban resilience to disasters: learning from Turkish urban regeneration experiences’ in Proceedings of Annual Conference of Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), 9-13 July 2019, Venice, ITALY (International)

Uluç A., Boukaze-Khan D., Şenol-Balaban M. 2019 ‘The Comparison of Different Institutional Frameworks Regarding Risk Management for Conservation of Cultural Heritage: the Case of Britain, Japan and Turkey UNESCO World Heritage Sites’, in Proceedings of International Disaster and Resilience Congress - From Risk to Resilience, 26-28 June 2019, Eskişehir, TURKEY (International)

Çelik A., Şenol-Balaban M., Askan A., Karim Zadeh Naghshineh S. 2019, ‘Evaluation of Historical And Future Urban Risks of Erzincan City by Using Ground Motion Simulation’, in Proceedings of International Disaster and Resilience Congress - From Risk to Resilience, 26-28 June 2019, Eskişehir, TURKEY (International)

Şenol-Balaban M. 2019 ‘International Cooperation and Local Diversities for Disaster Resilient Communities’, as Invited Panelist and Chair, at International Disaster and Resilience Congress - From Risk to Resilience, 26-28 June 2019, Eskişehir, TURKEY (International)

Şenol Balaban M. (2019) Hazard-Prone Cities and Recent Challenges in the Case of Urban Transformation Experience of Turkey. In: Özdemir Sarı Ö., Özdemir S., Uzun N. (eds) Urban and Regional Planning in Turkey. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-05773-2_12#citeas)

 

Scholarships and Grants:

ERASMUS + Academic Staff Mobility (KA 107) in NHDR at Niigata University, JAPAN (23-27 April 2018)

Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Scholarship for Long-term Training Program on Strengthen Disaster Research Capacity at the University of Tokyo (2009-2012)

ProVention Consortium Research and Action Grants for Disaster Reduction, 2007-2008 (nine months)

Research Scholarship by Section 5.4. in GeoForschungZentrum-Potsdam between October 1, 2004 – March 31, 2005 (nine months)

‘The Pre-Open Meeting Training Seminar: Urbanization and Global Environmental Change’ as part of the 6^th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community (IHDP), GERMANY, 2005, reimbursed by Cologne-Bonn Savings & Loan Bank

EU Intensive Course on Disaster Prevention and Reduction with Emphasis on Floods and Droughts, CZECH REPUBLIC, 2005, reimbursed by The Czech University of Agriculture Prague and GeoForschungsZentrum-Potsdam

International Course on ‘Managing Floodplain Development through the NFIP’, FEMA, in Emmitsburg-MARYLAND, USA, 2003, reimbursed by US Government

 

Administrative Duties:

Board Member of Applied Ethic Research Center at METU since November 2018 [Uygulamalı Etik Araştırma Merkezi Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi]

Director of Disaster Management Implementation and Research Center (DMC) at METU since August 2018 [http://dmc.metu.edu.tr/; ODTÜ Afet Yönetimi Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Müdürü]

Minor Program Coordinator of Department of City and Regional Planning since 2014 [Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü Yan Dal Koordinatörü]