Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview
Turkey has been severely affected by many natural hazards, in particular earthquakes and floods. Although there is a large body of literature on earthquake hazards and risks in Turkey, comparatively little is known about flood hazards and risks. Therefore, with this study it is aimed to investigate...
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| description | Turkey has been severely affected by many natural hazards, in particular earthquakes and floods. Although there is a large body of literature on earthquake hazards and risks in Turkey, comparatively little is known about flood hazards and risks. Therefore, with this study it is aimed to investigate flood patterns, societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey, as well as providing a comparative overview of the temporal and spatial distribution of flood losses by analysing EM-DAT (Emergency Events Database) and TABB (Turkey Disaster Data Base) databases on disaster losses throughout Turkey for the years 1960-2014. The comparison of these two databases reveals big mismatches of the flood data, e.g. the reported number of events, number of affected people and economic loss, differ dramatically. With this paper, it has been explored reasons for mismatches. Biases and fallacies for loss data in the two databases has been discussed as well. Since loss data collection is gaining more and more attention, e.g. in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR), the study could offer a base-work for developing guidelines and procedures on how to standardize loss databases and implement across the other hazard events, as well as substantial insights for flood risk mitigation and adaptation studies in Turkey and will offer valuable insights for other (European) countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-078c97e2be3a41c6a4b193b1f033bd732022-12-21T20:22:23ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422016-01-0170501210.1051/e3sconf/20160705012e3sconf_flood2016_05012Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overviewKoç Gamze0Thieken Annegret H.1University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental ScienceUniversity of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental ScienceTurkey has been severely affected by many natural hazards, in particular earthquakes and floods. Although there is a large body of literature on earthquake hazards and risks in Turkey, comparatively little is known about flood hazards and risks. Therefore, with this study it is aimed to investigate flood patterns, societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey, as well as providing a comparative overview of the temporal and spatial distribution of flood losses by analysing EM-DAT (Emergency Events Database) and TABB (Turkey Disaster Data Base) databases on disaster losses throughout Turkey for the years 1960-2014. The comparison of these two databases reveals big mismatches of the flood data, e.g. the reported number of events, number of affected people and economic loss, differ dramatically. With this paper, it has been explored reasons for mismatches. Biases and fallacies for loss data in the two databases has been discussed as well. Since loss data collection is gaining more and more attention, e.g. in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR), the study could offer a base-work for developing guidelines and procedures on how to standardize loss databases and implement across the other hazard events, as well as substantial insights for flood risk mitigation and adaptation studies in Turkey and will offer valuable insights for other (European) countries.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160705012 |
| spellingShingle | Koç Gamze Thieken Annegret H. Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview |
| title_full | Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview |
| title_fullStr | Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview |
| title_short | Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey – an overview |
| title_sort | societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in turkey an overview |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160705012 |
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