Istanbul Technical University

Integrated and Systemic Risks

Seda Kundak
Prof., Dr., Istanbul Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

An earthquake registering Mw 7.7 struck Kahramanmaraş’s Pazarcık district at 4:17 a.m. local time on Monday, 6 February 2023. This was followed by numerous aftershocks and a second devestating earthquake registering Mw 7.6, struck the same province’s district of Elbistan nine hours later at 1:24 p.m. Then, a mere two weeks later on 20 February,…

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Disasters in Turkey in 2020

Mikdat Kadıoğlu
Prof. Dr., Istanbul Technical University Department of Meteorological Engineering

Undoubtedly, the most significant calamity in Turkey in 2020 has been the COVID-19 pandemic. However, other disasters based in Turkey have been recorded in international disaster databases. Eight nature-based and four technology-based disasters have been recorded in the International Emergency Database (EM-DAT) for Turkey in 2020. Five of the eight nature-based calamities were formed from…

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