Global policies in disaster management have radically changed since 1990s, shifting
the previously entrenched emphasis on emergency management, towards new
applications of risk management. A series of international declarations expressed the
determination and principles to reduce risks at every level, which were followed by
many national governments. The disaster management system in Turkey seems to
tend towards this approach, not necessarily based on an awareness of the global
trends, but due to the severe impacts of the 1999 events. Since no understanding and
political commitment for disaster mitigation prevails in Turkey, risk mitigation
planning at every level is yet far from being effective.
This claim constitutes the basic working hypothesis of the study. Verification of the
hypothesis is based on a comparative analysis of the organizational structures of the
selected countries, and a survey of recent local performance. The framework
developed by the Kobe Conference is employed in both analyses. The former
analysis indicated that despite the new institutional developments like &lsquo / construction
supervision&rsquo / and &lsquo / obligatory insurance&rsquo / , Turkey in its disaster policy is still far from
a comprehensive mitigation approach in terms of the Kobe criteria.
Although the laws of local administrations now contain new tasks of city-level
disaster management, not only confusions between pre-disaster and post-disaster
responsibilities prevail, but no operational guidance is given for the fulfillment these
responsibilities. A whole range of activities are therefore in need of being
streamlined into the tasks of urban planning in the reduction of disaster risks. With
the amendment of laws, modification of the professional practice and the training of
planners are expected.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608018/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2007 |
| Creators | Uluturk, Gulcan |
| Contributors | Balamir, Murat |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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