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Zerrin Toprak Karaman - Özlem Çakır - Meriç Aziz Berge

Introduction

Climate Change imposes damaging effects on the world due to its global
nature. These changes could be at extraordinary or unexpected levels or
times, and may result in unprecedented extreme climatic conditions. In
addition to maintaining the quality of our daily life, access to meteorological
information has also become important for warning people against various
disaster types with the ongoing climate change, not only at a local level, but
also at an international level. The early warning system, which aims to save
time to avoid damage, is essential for disaster administration. Early warning
systems ensure much more success in the field of meteorology. For instance,
“storm”, risk and crisis analysis before, during and after an impact as well
as stakeholder responsibilities and management, are increasingly becoming
important and current issues in the preparation of urban risk maps in line with
efficient integrated disaster administration. Today, Space Meteorology has
become an indispensable part of space studies.
As in the whole world, natural disasters of meteorological nature have
affected different regions of Türkiye in different ways. This study concerns “the
issue of storms”. Are there any issues ignored in the discussions of storms
which are caused by climate change? Are strong winds and storms a change
that poses a threat for public safety in İzmir and Türkiye? To answer such
questions, at the beginning of 2020, as part of BAP project, a proposal was
made to Dokuz Eylul University for a “multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary”
study titled “Multi-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Study Philosophy in
1
Integrated Disaster administration: An Approach for Storms”. In fact, early
warning can be assessed in broader terms in this study. This is because when
the study started, the following observations were made:
• First of all, when it was decided to implement a multi-disciplinary
study on strong winds, the topic was not directly included in the
agenda, publications or even projects of the institutions and
organizations nor it was present in academic studies in Türkiye with
a focus on “its strategical importance”. Moreover, no connections
were made between the topic and climate change. Based on this
observation, it was identified as an academic responsibility to raise
awareness in order to include the issue of storm in public policies.
• It became increasingly important and necessary to reveal the
direct relationship between the topic and the society. In additi-

1 “Multi-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Study Philosophy in Integrated Disaster Manage-
ment: An Approach for Storms”; Proje no: 2020 KB.MLT.010, BAP Project Team: Zerrin Toprak
Karaman, Özlem Çakır, Meriç Aziz Berge, Oğuz Sancakdar, Ergun Laflı, Gözde Emekli, Mehmet
Doğan, Emin Koç, Aytaç Duran, Orçun Çobangil, Yakup Özkaya, Kıvanç Demirci.

225 Journal of Environment, Urbanization and Climate