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AN EVALUATION ON DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

WORKS IN KAHRAMANMARAŞ EARTHQUAKE

İrşade AYDOĞDU GÜRBÜZ - Banu ASLAN

ABSTRACT
Our country is located in a geography where many types of disasters such
as earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and forest fires are frequently
experienced. The most important of these disasters is the earthquakes that
are experienced or likely to occur due to the fact that our country is located
in active fault lines. Damage assessment and debris management studies are
of particular importance in the crisis management phase after the earthquake.
While aftershocks and detached earthquakes continue, the management of
this process has some difficulties in itself. With the Türkiye National Disaster
Response Plan (TAMP) published on January 3, 2014, the Damage Assessment
Coordination Responsibility was transferred to the Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization and Climate Change. The General Directorate of Construction
Affairs (YİGM) has been appointed within the Ministry. Damage assessment,
earthquake, flood/flood etc. It can be defined as the determination of the
damage caused by the disaster on the surrounding structures by the team
formed by architects and engineers under the coordination of the Ministry
of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change after disasters. Damage
assessment; It is not a study of determining the performance of the building in
the next possible disasters, it consists of revealing the damage to the structure
as a result of the disaster. Damage assessment is a special process that needs
to be carried out meticulously and quickly in terms of temporary shelter,
distribution of aid, and entitlement to permanent residences after disasters.
In this study; evaluations will be made on the damage assessment studies
before and after the greatest earthquakes in the history of our Republic, with
magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, which took place in Pazarcık and Elbistan Districts
of Kahramanmaraş Province on 06.02.2023.

Keywords: Earthquake, Damage Assessment, Minor Damage, Moderate
Damage, Severe Damage, Emergency Demolition, Ruined.

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