New Disaster Management System In Turkey: A Case Study Of The 2011 Van Earthquake

The 2011 Van-Ercis earthquake had a destructive magnitude 7.0 Mw and struck eastern Turkey near the city of Van, October 23, 2011. The earthquake caused heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey. The number of casualties was 604 and of injured people more than 4000, caused by collapsed or heavily...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2013-01, Vol.179
Main Authors: Oktay, F, Tetik, C, Gokce, O, Cebi, G
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The 2011 Van-Ercis earthquake had a destructive magnitude 7.0 Mw and struck eastern Turkey near the city of Van, October 23, 2011. The earthquake caused heavy shaking across much of eastern Turkey. The number of casualties was 604 and of injured people more than 4000, caused by collapsed or heavily damaged public, residential and commercial buildings. The total of dead and injured people caused by this earthquake was 40 and 30, respectively. The recovery policy in Turkey aims to reach a safe, improved life environment with respect to pre disaster situations. Schools damaged during the earthquake were rebuilt until the next fall semester with 2,600 new classrooms. During all respond, relief and recovery stages of this disaster, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey was the key actor of management, coordination and implementation. This study summarizes Turkey's new disaster management system and improvement policy.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/SC131182