The prominent feature of resilient cities is that it can respond with its entire structure to the combination of impacts caused by hazardous situations and disasters. In order to ensure that the city users, one of the key elements of this structure, are prepared for disasters, it is essential to analyze their expectations and needs. In this resolution, sufficient space should be given to the people with disabilities and the elderly who are at high levels of vulnerability in danger or disasters due to their disadvantages. One of the most important application areas of increasing urban resilience for these two social groups, which are disadvantaged in terms of dangers and disasters, is actually one and the same with the need in their average daily lives: accessibility.
The importance of accessibility, whose target audience needed to be expanded over time, has been recognized more day by day for the disabled as well as the elderly, and today it has been accepted to be a feature which appeals to all users. Similarly, the content of accessibility also needs to be improved. Accessibility is “the total measures" that supports and ensures mobility, utilizing transportation and all other urban services, communication, and acquisition and understanding of provided information. The most vital of these measures is the application criteria of living spaces where creation of resistance to hazards and disasters is tried. Complete implementation of accessibility measurements starting prior to the natural disasters will play a vital role at the time of disaster for the disabled, the elderly and anyone else in need, and will contribute as a facilitator and supporter during the recovery period afterwards.