Prof.Dr. Özge Yalçıner Ercoşkun is a professor in the City and Regional Planning, Department of the Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. She graduated from the City and Regional Planning Department of the Istanbul Technical University in 1998. She completed her master’s studies in the Geodetic and Geographic Information Technologies Department of the METU in 2002. She got her Ph.D. degree from the City and Regional Planning Department of the Gazi University in 2007. She has attended several national and international congresses; summer schools and workshops related to ecological urban planning and
geographic information systems. She has written 5 books and more than 100 papers on sustainable urban design and ecological and smart urban planning, resilient cities, sustainable transportation and geographic information technologies. She worked as a researcher in many national and institutional projects. She has awards about sustainability and urban growth, sustainable tourism.