Disaster Impacts and Risk Reduction Measures in Library Structure and Functions
Abstract
There are many disasters and emergencies in the world. The main reasons are climate change and urbanization. Migration from rural to urban areas is increasing day by day, and industrial activities cause more people to concentrate in cities. As a natural consequence of this, people face the threat of natural disasters. Emergencies and risks caused by human effects also threaten libraries, which are important information centers. These centers, which have a large number of people at the same time, are very vulnerable, especially under the effects of natural-oriented disasters. The main reasons for this are the presence of a large population at the same time, problems arising from buildings and equipment, inadequate precautions against earthquakes, fires and floods, the fragile nature of the library collection against disasters, and inadequate preparedness. The effects of natural disasters that may occur in library structures as well as the preventive risk reduction measures for these disasters, disaster awareness through disaster slogans are emphasized in this study.
Keywords
Information Management , Crisis Management. , Disasters; Disaster Management; Library
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