TY  - GEN
A1  - Koç, Gamze
A1  - Thieken, Annegret Henriette
T1  - Societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Turkey has been severely affected by many natural hazards, in particular earthquakes and floods. Although there is a large body of literature on earthquake hazards and risks in Turkey, comparatively little is known about flood hazards and risks. Therefore, with this study it is aimed to investigate flood patterns, societal and economic impacts of flood hazards in Turkey, as well as providing a comparative overview of the temporal and spatial distribution of flood losses by analysing EM-DAT (Emergency Events Database) and TABB (Turkey Disaster Data Base) databases on disaster losses throughout Turkey for the years 1960-2014. The comparison of these two databases reveals big mismatches of the flood data, e.g. the reported number of events, number of affected people and economic loss, differ dramatically. With this paper, it has been explored reasons for mismatches. Biases and fallacies for loss data in the two databases has been discussed as well. Since loss data collection is gaining more and more attention, e.g. in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR), the study could offer a base-work for developing guidelines and procedures on how to standardize loss databases and implement across the other hazard events, as well as substantial insights for flood risk mitigation and adaptation studies in Turkey and will offer valuable insights for other (European) countries.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 903 
KW  - Engineering , Environmental
KW  - Engineering, Civil
KW  - Environmental Sciences
KW  - Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
KW  - Regional & Urban Planning
KW  - Water Resources
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43877
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-438779
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 903
ER  -