EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH GIS

Authors : Assoc. Vahap Tecim Murat Komesli, Vahap Tecim, Murat Komesli

Pages : 1431-1441

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Publication Date : 2008-06-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :After two big earthquakes in 1999, everybody agreed that Turkey is not well-prepared for any kind of earthquake. Government of Turkey officially did research about the any kind of effects of the mentioned earthquakes, so did many unofficial Turkish and international organizations. Unfortunately, everybody learned that there is no national emergency management system or it is not applicable if there is any. During the last decade, a number of disasters (national or man-made) occurred throughout the world. North American Tournedos’, Japan’s Tsunami and earthquakes made people think about what kind of system should be established to prevent countries and people from these kind of disasters. As for Turkey, after the terrible experiences on 17th August 1999 and 12th December 1999, the Governorship of Sakarya had decided to take some precautions. A special GIS (Geographical Information System) has been developed to hold every kind of important geographical information together with their attributes in the digital environment. Everybody agreed that there should be specific emergency management system for every part of the world. Governments finally learned that during the disaster -this could be earthquake, flood, tsunami, etc.- it is not possible to manage it remotely (from a distance). Something could be done -especially providing emergency needs and allocating themimmediately in place and in a timely manner. 
Keywords : GIS, Emergency Management, Natural Disaster