Address:  Department of City and Regional Planning, Room: 312, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Phone:      + 90 312 210 62 02

Fax:           + 90 312 210 79 65

E-Mail:     alisan@metu.edu.tr

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

 

Education

PhD            City and Regional Planning

                   Middle East Technical University (2021)

BSc            City and Regional Planning

                   Middle East Technical University (2014)

MSc           Industrial Engineering

                   Middle East Technical University (2008)

BSc            BSc, Business Administration

                   Middle East Technical University (2004)

 

Research Interests: Urban transportation, accessibility to services, spatial optimization, disaster preparedness and sheltering

   

Taught Courses

CP509 Introduction to Research Methods and Ethics in Planning and Design (Spring 2025)

 

Selected Publications

Tsekeni, D. E., Alisan, O., Yang, J., Vanli, O. A., & Ozguven, E. E. (2025). Spatiotemporal Modeling of Connected Vehicle Data: An Application to Non-Congregate Shelter Planning During Hurricane-Pandemics. Applied Sciences, 15(6), 3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063185

Yang, J., Alisan, O, Vijayan, L., Huang, W., & Ozguven, E. E. (2025). Critical Shelter Analysis Considering Social Vulnerability and Accessibility: A Case Study of Hurricane Michael Track Uncertainty. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18(30). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-025-09635-9

Yang, J., Kocatepe, A., Alisan, O., & Ozguven, E. E. (2025). Geographical Information Systems-Based Assessment of Evacuation Accessibility to Special Needs Shelters Comparing Storm Surge Impacts of Hurricane Irma (2017) and Ian (2022). Geographies, 5(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies5010002

Alisan, O, & Ozguven, E. E. (2024). An Analysis of the Spatial Variations in the Relationships Between Built Environment and Severe Crashes. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13(12), 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi13120465

Alam, S. M., Kim, K., Horner, M. W., Alisan, O., Antwi, R., & Ozguven, E. E. (2024). Large-scale modeling of hurricane flooding and disrupted infrastructure impacts on accessibility to critical facilities. Journal of Transport Geography, 116, 103852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103852

Kaya, M. B., Alisan, O., Karaer, A., & Ozguven, E. E. (2024). Assessing tornado impacts in the State of Kentucky with a focus on demographics and roadways using a GIS-based approach. Sustainability, 16(3), 1180. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031180

Vijayan, L., Huang, W., Ma, M., Ozguven, E. E., Yang, J., & Alisan, O. (2023). Rapid simulation of storm surge inundation for hurricane evacuation in Florida by multi-scale nested modeling approach. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 99, 104134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104134

Abazari, S., Vanli, A., Alisan, O., & Ozguven, E. E. (2023). Understanding spatiotemporal variation of social vulnerabilities from longitudinal hurricane-pandemic data: A multilevel model of the Covid-19 pandemic during Hurricane Sally in Florida. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 98, 104095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104095

Alisan, O., Ulak, M. B., Ozguven E. E., & Horner M. W. (2023). Location selection of field hospitals amid COVID-19 considering effectiveness and fairness: A case study of Florida. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 93, 103794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103794

Takyi, S. Y., Antwi, R. B., Ozguven, E. E., Alisan, O., Ghorbanzadeh, M., Mardis, M., & Jones, F. (2023). Measuring spatial accessibility of public libraries using floating catchment area methods: A comparative case study in Calhoun County, Florida. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 22, 100944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100944

Kim, K., Horner, M. W., Alam, S. M., Alisan, O., Ghorbanzadeh, M., & Ozguven, E. E. (2023). Understanding changes in spatial accessibility to restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic: Disentangling closures, inequity, neighborhood, and transportation mode. Geographical Analysis, 56(2), 244-264, https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12378

Yang, J., Alisan, O., Ma, M., Ozguven, E. E., Huang, W., & Vijayan, L. (2023). Spatial accessibility analysis of emergency shelters with a consideration of sea level rise in northwest Florida. Sustainability, 15, 10263. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310263

Gazzea, M., Miraki, A., Alisan, O., Kuglitsch, M. M., Pehlivan, I., Ozguven, E. E., & Arghandeh, R. (2023). Traffic monitoring system design considering multi-hazard disaster risks. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 4883. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32086-6

Alisan, O., Tuydes-Yaman, H., & Ozguven, E. E. (2022). Tabu-search-based combinatorial subset selection approach to support investigation of built environment and traffic safety relationship. Transportation Research Record, 2677(2), 588-609. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221108161

Yang, J., Vijayan, L., Ghorbanzadeh, M., Alisan, O., Ozguven, E. E., Huang, W., & Burns, S. (2022). Integrating storm surge modeling and accessibility analysis for planning of special-needs hurricane shelters in Panama City, Florida. Transportation Planning and Technology, 46 (2), 241-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2022.2162053

Yang, J., Vijayan, L., Ghorbanzadeh, M., Alisan, O., Huang, W., Ozguven, E. E., & Burns, S. (2022). Effects of the uncertainty of hurricane tracks on coastal hazards and evacuations. International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 11(4), 99-107. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijscer

Alisan, O., Ghorbanzadeh, M., Ulak, M. B., Kocatepe, A., Ozguven, E. E., Horner, M., & Huang, W. (2020). Extending interdiction and median models to identify critical hurricane shelters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43, 101380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101380

Alisan, O., Tuydes-Yaman, H., Kocatepe, A., & Ozguven, E. E. (2018). Developing performance measures to evaluate impact of cross-county collaboration for populations with access and functional needs. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, 873–885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.08.007

Alisan, O., Kocatepe, A., Tuydes-Yaman, H., Ozguven, E. E., & Ozel, H. (2017). Benefits of managing the capacity of special needs shelters with cross-county collaboration. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2604(1), 131–143. https://doi.org/10.3141/2604-16