GALATAPORT

ISTANBUL
41°01′N 28°59′E
150.000 PEOPLE/DAY, 3 CRUISE
SHIPS/DAY
1.2 KM BROADWALK
UP T0 400M LONG CRUISE SHIPS

MAIN FUNCTION: CRUISE TERMINAL;

ALONG WITH TRADE/ ART&CULTURE
CENTERS, WORKSPACES AND
ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

GALATA TOWER 500M

ACCESSIBLE TAKSİM 900M

SABİHA GÖKÇEN&ISTANBUL AIRPORTS 30KM
AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND ROAD CONNECTIONS

CONNECTED ARE AVALIABLE: FERRY, MARMARAY, METROBUS

2300 CAR, 70 BUS PARKING

ADJACENT AREAS: TOPHANE FOUNTAIN, MİMAR SİNAN MUSEUM,NUSRETİYE

MOSQUE, NUSRETİYE TOWER
ECONOMICAL GROWTH IS EXPECTED, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL
INCREASE IN LIVING EXPENSES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY IS LIKELY INSPECTION
LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES, AGGREGATE IS PROBLEM
MANY PROBLEMS AROUND WATER QUALITY ISSUE
PROTECTED URBAN AREA

HIGHLY SENSITIVE ECOLOGIC BALANCE SINCE IT IS LOCATED

BETWEEN MEDITERRIAN AND BLACK SEA'S OCENEOGRAPHIC

ENVIRONMENTAL
FRONTS
INCREASE IN HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL
CONCERNS SEA TRANSPORT
ACOUSTIC POLLUTION IN THE SEA THRETANS THE MARINE LIFE
LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR

AVERAGE DEPTH OF WATER: 35 M, YENIKOY MOORINGS: 29M

2 STRONG CURRENTS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, UP TO 8 SEA MILES
SUBJECT TO VARIOUS GEOGRAPHİC MORPHOLOGİCAL AND
OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT MAKE SAFE NAVIGATION
DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR SHIPS THAT IS BIGGER THAN 147 M
SAFE
LONG NAVIGATION
FOG IS THE MAIN CLIMATIC PROBLEM THROUGH THE BOSPHORUS ISSUES
PREVAILING WIND: NORTH-EASTERN/ SOUTH-WESTERN, INCREASE
IN THE FREQUENCY OF SOUTHWESTERN CAUSES RIFFLES AND
STRONG STORM EVENTS

15- 20 M GRAVEL/COBBLE SIZE FILL, 5-10 M VERY LOOSE LIQUFIABLE

SILTY SAND

UNDER THE BEDROCK: STRONG, VERY FRACTURED GREYWACKE

WATER FOR 50 YEARS RECURRENCE PERIOD, DESIGN WAVE HEIGHT: 3M

AND ITS PERIOD IS 1S
TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE RISK

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