AN ANALYSIS OF POST-DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS IN TURKEY ACCORDING TO KURT LEWIN\'S CHANGE MODEL EXAMPLE OF KAHRAMANMARAŞ AND HATAY PROVINCES

Authors : Nazım Fatsa, Salih Akdaş

Pages : 43-56

Doi:10.58724/assam.1362743

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Publication Date : 2023-11-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Turkey, which has a surface area of 780 thousand square kilometers, is a country that is in the position of a bridge between the European and Asian continents, most of which is in the Asian continent. Due to its location, Turkey\'s territory is highly prone to natural disasters and has faced many disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and avalanches. This high- risk geography has hosted major earthquakes, floods, landslides and avalanches every five years on average. Turkey, which has been exposed to disasters whose exact location, time and type cannot be determined, is in a constant state of change in terms of managing and improving the post-disaster crisis situation, especially in terms of physical, economic and social losses after these natural events. Especially social losses after disasters can be classified as losses that take longer to recover, require more labor and cause countries to spend more energy after the crisis compared to physical and economic losses. Post-disaster social losses require adaptive measures and change management with reference to the previous situation, which has become obligatory to change. This study aims to examine post-disaster recovery efforts in Turkey in the context of Kurt Lewin\'s Three Stages of Change Model. In this direction, the studies related to the Three Stages of Change Model have been analysed and the social context of post-disaster recovery efforts around the theory has been evaluated within the framework of Kahramanmaraş and Hatay earthquakes.
Keywords : Disaster, disaster management, three-stage change model, earthquake, post-disaster recovery