Assessment of Availability of Protected Areas during Post-Earthquake Risk Management Process: Kahramanmaraş Centered Earthquake Region

Ozceli̇k, Ali Erdem; Corbaci, Omer Lutfu; Yuksek, Turan; Kurdoglu, Oguz

Assessment of Availability of Protected Areas during Post-Earthquake Risk Management Process: Kahramanmaraş Centered Earthquake Region

2023

Ozceli̇k, Ali Erdem | Corbaci, Omer Lutfu | Yuksek, Turan | Kurdoglu, Oguz

Most of Türkiye's land consists of areas with high earthquake sensitivity due to its structure. For this reason, it is of great importance to reduce the damages caused by the earthquake by using all kinds of lands throughout our country during and after the earthquake. The aim of this study is to identify existing protected areas in 10 provinces affected by the earthquake, centered in Kahramanmaraş, to evaluate the usability of protected areas during and after the earthquake, and to reveal the measures that can be taken in this direction. For this purpose, the detection of protected areas with different protection status (national park, natural park, natural monument, wetland, natural protected area and urban forest) in the research area and all map-based applications were carried out with ArcGIS software. Protected areas were determined according to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks. As a result of the research, 25 (37.31%) nature parks, 17 (25.37) natural protected areas, 14 (20.90) urban forests, 7 (10.45) wetlands and 4 national parks (totally 67 protected areas) has been identified according to different earthquake susceptibility classes. 71.65% of the protected areas are on areas with a high earthquake susceptibility level (ESL: 3-5). Discussing how to benefit from protected areas during and after an earthquake, making the necessary legal regulations and planning can contribute to faster and easier work to be done and to reduce the negative effects after the earthquake.

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