Disaster Management and Resilience

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Each year, about 500 natural disasters kill approximately 70,000 people and affect more than 200 million people worldwide. In the aftermath of such events, large quantities of supplies are needed to provide relief aid to the affected. CARE International is one of the largest humanitarian organizations that provide rel…

• SERHAN DURAN

Accumulated evidence demonstrates the centrality of social psychology to the behaviour of members of the public as immediate responders in emergencies. Such public behaviour is a function of social psychological processes – in particular identities and norms. In addition, what the authorities and relevant professional…

• SELİN TEKİN GÜVEN

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• ORHAN FEYZİOĞLU

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• GÜLÇİN BÜYÜKÖZKAN FEYZİOĞLU

A community disaster training program focusing on earthquakes, floods and landslides was implemented in Çankiri, Turkey, in 2002. It covered mitigation, preparedness and response aspects of natural disaster management. Four thousand community members participated in the training program delivered by 95 local trainers.…

OBJECTIVE: Relocations after disasters are known to cause added distress in survivors. This study examined the effects of migration and other factors on psychological status of survivors 4 years after the two severe earthquakes in Turkey. METHOD: Five hundred and twenty-six adult survivors of the 1999 earthquakes curr…

• FERİDE GÖKBEN HIZLI SAYAR

OBJECTIVE: Relocations after disasters are known to cause added distress in survivors. This study examined the effects of migration and other factors on psychological status of survivors 4 years after the two severe earthquakes in Turkey. METHOD: Five hundred and twenty-six adult survivors of the 1999 earthquakes curr…

OBJECTIVE: Relocations after disasters are known to cause added distress in survivors. This study examined the effects of migration and other factors on psychological status of survivors 4 years after the two severe earthquakes in Turkey. METHOD: Five hundred and twenty-six adult survivors of the 1999 earthquakes curr…

• CENGİZ KILIÇ

We study the problem of locating disaster response and relief facilities in the city of Istanbul, where a massively destructive earthquake is expected to occur in the near future. The Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul decided to establish facilities to preposition relief aid and execute post-disaster response oper…

• FATMA SİBEL SALMAN ULUTAŞ

A survey of earthquake victims in Erzincan (a town in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) was conducted 16 months after a major earthquake to explore the relations of earthquake-related cognitions and preparedness behavior to a set of personal, residential, experiential, and affect variables. Data from a sample of 461 adults re…

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• ZİYADİN ÇAKIR