Proposal of a National Mitigation Strategy Against Earthquakes in Turkey
While laboratory and analytical studies can provide valuable information about earthquake hazard mitigation, the most effective educator is the impact of a full-scale earthquake on a full-scale city. The recent earthquakes in Turkey showed that the governmental as well as individual attitudes towards earthquakes did not represent proportionate responses to the risk levels concerned. Turkey had weaknesses in preparing, planning, mitigating and responding to disasters in spite of the known seismic vulnerability of the country. Many steps have been taken after 1999 earthquakes in Turkey, however, the preparations largely concentrate on the response and recovery phases and a fundamental step to reform the current disaster management system and steps to rehabilitate the vulnerable building stock has not been undertaken until today. This would involve changing the present laws and regulations and de-centralising the disaster management system. The aim of this paper is to propose a national mitigation strategy for Turkey for a time-frame of 10 years. The model proposed is a very comprehensive model for earthquake risk reduction in Turkey and within this context, the legislative and technical aspects of mitigation will be discussed in detail. Strategies for mitigating and retrofitting the existing building stock will also be proposed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004
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2004
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Authors: | Bakir, P.G. |
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Natural Hazards. - International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. - Vol. 33.2004, 3, p. 405-425
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International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards |
Subject: | Mitigation | Turkey | earthquakes | seismic rehabilitation | natural hazards | buildings | structural damage | catastrophe risk management | developing countries | regulatory issues | densely populated urban areas |
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