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A New Model in Disaster Management:
Turkish National Risk Shield Model

scientific opinions and suggestions that facilitate disaster management
by means of integrating the infrastructure, transportation, energy,
environment and all other areas into smart city applications.
Climate Friendly Green Transformation Committee
• Integrating the climate-friendly green transformation studies of Türkiye
and its cities into new urbanization studies in the earthquake zone,
• Adaptation of green transformation policies in industry to the industrial
structures and industrial areas to be built in the region,
• Providing contributions on nature and ecosystem based solutions
such as renewable energy, clean energy, rainwater harvesting, energy
efficiency, blue-grey-green infrastructure investments in order to adapt
to climate change in new urbanization studies,
• Developing preventive solution mechanisms and strategies against
disasters related to the climate crisis, especially drought, aridity, fires,
floods and other meteorological natural disasters.
Urban and Rural Infrastructure Committee
• Within the scope of the new urbanization studies, designing all
infrastructure in the earthquake zone including the urban infrastructure
and mega structures in accordance with resilient city concept, and
setting out policies in this regard,
• Re-evaluating the studies carried out by the Ministry of Environment,
Urbanism and Climate Change through the Provincial Bank so far in
terms of seismicity and risk factors in the region,
• Integrating the infrastructure works to be conducted within the scope of
the new urbanization studies into climate-friendly green transformation
studies in the earthquake zone.
Historical and Cultural Heritage Committee
• Evaluating the historical and cultural structures that were hit by
earthquakes in the region but have survived, in terms of architectural
designs and building technologies,
• Using sustainable urban planning approaches in new urbanization
studies, revealing a holistic perspective about historical cities in the
disaster zone,
• Contributing to the preservation and restoration process of the
historical heritage damaged in the disaster zone on the basis of our
urbanization traditions and to the determination of policies compatible
with the vision of our country “Cities Sustaining our Civilization”,

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