Marmara Bölgesinde Afet Çalışmalarının Değerlendirilmesi II.

Marmara region is very vulnerable because of earthquake history. It is important that high economic potential of the region. Due to its dense population and industrial areas where located has more risks. For this reason, after the 1999 Kocaeli and Düzce earthquakes, efforts are being made to reduce earthquake damages for the region. Besides studies of Seismology, early warning systems, GIS and disaster perception such as earthquake communication, urban regeneration, earthquake maps studies, Non structural elements have also being done. It becomes very important issue to have preparedness level of region residents and resilient population. In this paper, the last quarter century studies about the issue on the region has been evaluated. However, the study results show that any master study in disaster case for the region has not been done yet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]