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Arising Risks in Urban Settlements: How Can Urban Settlements Be Made Disaster-Resilient in Light of Increasingly Devastating Natural Disasters over the Last Decade?
This paper outlines possible approaches towards disaster mitigation in light of increasingly devastating effects of natural disasters especially over the last decade. The hazards of natural disasters are more significant in urban settlements than other areas due to their denser populations, constructions, and service networks. Against this background, this paper is based on my pending doctoral dissertation which proposes a disaster-resilient urban settlement guidebook. In addition, this paper reflects the preliminary findings of the dissertation on disaster threats and resilient methods for urban settlements. Despite the existence of various types of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, and avalanches, the proposed guidebook for disaster-resilient urban settlements is derived from the dynamics of earthquakes. It will suggest different approaches for developing and/or rapidly increasing population countries and developed countries, respectively. A comparative case study was conducted in Yalova, Turkey and Cologne, Germany as representative cities of rapidly increasing population countries and developed countries. These two cities were also selected because they have high seismic risks and somewhat similar settlement profiles (e.g., both of them are coastal cities with similar population figures and industrial growth).
Arising Risks in Urban Settlements: How Can Urban Settlements Be Made Disaster-Resilient in Light of Increasingly Devastating Natural Disasters over the Last Decade?
This paper outlines possible approaches towards disaster mitigation in light of increasingly devastating effects of natural disasters especially over the last decade. The hazards of natural disasters are more significant in urban settlements than other areas due to their denser populations, constructions, and service networks. Against this background, this paper is based on my pending doctoral dissertation which proposes a disaster-resilient urban settlement guidebook. In addition, this paper reflects the preliminary findings of the dissertation on disaster threats and resilient methods for urban settlements. Despite the existence of various types of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, and avalanches, the proposed guidebook for disaster-resilient urban settlements is derived from the dynamics of earthquakes. It will suggest different approaches for developing and/or rapidly increasing population countries and developed countries, respectively. A comparative case study was conducted in Yalova, Turkey and Cologne, Germany as representative cities of rapidly increasing population countries and developed countries. These two cities were also selected because they have high seismic risks and somewhat similar settlement profiles (e.g., both of them are coastal cities with similar population figures and industrial growth).
Arising Risks in Urban Settlements: How Can Urban Settlements Be Made Disaster-Resilient in Light of Increasingly Devastating Natural Disasters over the Last Decade?
Alarslan, Ebru (Autor:in)
International Journal of Urban Sciences ; 12 ; 49-60
01.06.2008
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Unbekannt
Urban Settlements and Natural Hazards
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
| TIBKAT | 1990
| Elsevier | 1991