Today, more than half of world’s population lives in cities and our era is referred to as the Urban Millennium. Under these circumstances, the existing natural risks emanating from the cities are increasing. Istanbul, as the biggest city in Turkey, on the one hand protects its position as the cultural, economical and industrial center of the country with its natural and produced values and on the other hand, it bears a high earthquake risk due to its location near the North Anatolian Fault Line. A possible earthquake in Istanbul has the potential to affect not only the city itself, but also the whole country economically. Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP) is a comprehensive project which covers supportive and preventive practices directed towards preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery including the periods before, during and after the disaster. This book provides a good account of the work that must be done to prepare a great metropolitan city for possible disasters, while it also maintains rapid economic development and copes with population growth and urbanization. The approach taken in Istanbul indicates that mainstreaming disaster risk management into development planning can significantly help to minimize the impacts of any disasters that may occur.
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Document Date
2016/01/01
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
112353
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Volume No
1
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1
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2017/02/01
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Istanbul sismik riskin azaltılması ve acil durum hazırlık projesi (ismep) : başarı hikayeleri
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Keywords
building permit process;command and control;disaster risk management;lack of knowledge;awareness raising activity;rapid economic development;social and environmental;Disaster Management;Non-Disclosure Agreement;public building;seismic risk;building code;industrial center;international standard;big city;service certificate;Public Facilities;lessons learnt;risk analysis;earthquake risk;noncommercial purposes;important component;consultancy service;mitigation measure;emergency preparedness;Population Growth;surface area;coverage area;stakeholder analysis;reconstruction activities;historical heritage;radio network;natural risks;geographical location;residential area;social structure;
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Istanbul seismic risk mitigation and emergency preparedness project (ismep) : success stories : Istanbul sismik riskin azaltılması ve acil durum hazırlık projesi (ismep) : başarı hikayeleri (Turkish,English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/764721485943758239/Istanbul-sismik-riskin-azaltılması-ve-acil-durum-hazırlık-projesi-ismep-başarı-hikayeleri