Integrated seismic hazard evaluation and disaster management approach for Turkey

Abstract

A significant proportion of the urban areas in Turkey is subject to high seismic risk. An important step for seismic risk mitigation is to define the hazard and damage after an earthquake. This paper proposes an integrated seismic hazard assessment and disaster management processes for Turkey. The proposed methodology utilizes information technologies in its seismic assessment component that provides fast results for assessment. First, image process methodology by using satellite images was implemented in the seismic assessment process for fast evaluation right after an earthquake. Second, the seismic assessment process was integrated with disaster management process. As a result, through integrated seismic hazard evaluation and disaster management procedure, an effective, fast and dependable estimation of loss for Turkey was planned.

A Comprehensive Emergency Management Strategy for Transportation Systems in Usa

“…The present study proposes a comprehensive emergency management strategy for transportation systems in the U.S. in case of any disaster and hazards. The research has been carried out based on the findings of previous research work [10,11]. In the paper, recommendations are provided to define best deployment of updated emergency response into practice.…”

“…6 depicts an emergency management organization shame with emergency management stages. Each of the phases of the process within the emergency management phases are defined in the GIS based environment for data collection in an accurate way and in a short period [11]. In the emergency management for infrastructure and transportation system procedure, methodology has been integrated with critical assessments an evaluation processes that can be emerged with other segments concurrently.…”

Multi-risk interpretation of natural hazards for settlements of the Hatay province in the east Mediterranean region, Turkey using SRTM DEM

“…Several scientists particularly studied on the tectonics of the study region (Yurur and Chorowicz 1998;Rojay et al 2001;Adiyaman and Chorowicz 2002;Yurtmen et al 2002;Over et al 2004;Tatar et al 2004;Westaway 2004;Akyuz et al 2006;Korkmaz 2009Korkmaz , 2010Over et al 2011). Yurur and Chorowicz 1998;Rojay et al 2001;Adiyaman and Chorowicz 2002;Yurtmen et al 2002;Over et al 2004;Tatar et al 2004;Westaway 2004;Akyuz et al 2006;Over et al 2011 informed that there is a significant fault zone, the Karasu Fault Zone (KFZ), which bounds the western margin of the KVZ in the Hatay province, takes up a part of the left-lateral slip between the African and The SRTM acquires elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete medium-resolution digital topographic database of the earth.…”

“…Also, consider that all over the study site is located on the first degree earthquake region in the Country according to the earthquake map of the Country (Kasapoglu 2007;Korkmaz 2009Korkmaz , 2010Tabban 2000). Thus, all the settlements in the study site are under almost the same earthquake risk of the first degree in the Country…”

Relation between the rapid evaluation method scores and the damage states of buildings

“…At this point rapid evaluation methods come into the picture (Ozcebe, 2004;Korkmaz, 2010). As the name implies, buildings can be evaluated in a rapid, economical and practical way by using these methods.…”