Disaster Risk Management and  February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes: Crisis Management in Elbistan

Muammer Tün
Asst. Prof., Dr., Earth and Space Sciences Institute, Eskişehir Technical University, Department of Earth Sciences and Earthquake Engineering

Türkiye’s topography is highly susceptible to natural disasters, which, compounded by emergent technological disasters, have resulted in profound human casualties and irrecoverable economic loss. As a result, national security and development initiatives have, since 2023, prioritized outcome- and impact-oriented, disaster-resilient urban-planning and community-building strategies to minimize human and material loss. Yet national and local task…

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