A Comparative Study on The Humanitarian Relief Operations: Van-Turkey and Tohoku-Japan earthquakes

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 392 - 410, 18.12.2019

Yaser Snoubar , Oktay Tanrısever

Abstract

The
purpose of this article is to compare the humanitarian relief operations in
Van- Turkey earthquake and Tohoku- Japan earthquake 2011. Essentially, this
study questions whether the long experiences of Turkey and Japan in the
management of natural disasters, especially earthquakes, have affected the
development of humanitarian relief operations, what are the humanitarian relief
operations of the two countries to overcome the disaster and manage it and what
measures should be taken in this regard to prepare fully for humanitarian
relief for major disasters in the future. Through this study, we found that the
Turkish and Japanese experiences in disaster management over the years created flexibility
in both countries in dealing with the Van earthquake in Turkey and the Tohoku
earthquake in Japan and this contributed to the acceleration of the recovery
process. However, both countries have some weaknesses in disaster management
which will be evaluated through this article.

 

Keywords

Disaster Management, Natural Disasters, Van Earthquake, Tohoku Earthquake, Humanitarian Relief

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS: VAN-TURKEY AND TOHOKU-JAPAN EARTHQUAKES

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, 2011
yılında Van- Türkiye ve Tohoku – Japonya’da meydana gelen iki büyük depremdeki
insanı yardım operasyonlarını karşılaştırmaktır. Temel olarak, bu çalışma,
Türkiye ve Japonya'nın doğal afetlerin yönetimi, özellikle depremler
konusundaki uzun deneyimlerinin insani yardım operasyonlarının gelişimini
etkileyip etkilemediğini, Afetin üstesinden gelmek ve onu yönetmek için her iki
ülkenin insanı yardım işlemlerinin neler olduğunu ve gelecekteki büyük
felaketlere yönelik insanı yardımın sağlam bir şekilde hazırlanması için
alınması gereken önlemler neler olduğunu sorgulamaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Türk ve
Japonların afet yönetiminde yıllar boyunca yaşadıkları deneyimlerin, 2011
yılında her iki ülkede meydana gelen Van ve Tohoku depremleri ile ilgili
esneklik yarattıklarını ve bu iyileşme sürecinin hızlanmasına katkıda
bulunduğunu tespit edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, her iki ülkenin afet yönetimi
konusunda bazı zayıf yönleri bulunmuştur.

Keywords

Doğal afetler, Van depremi, Tohoku depremi, İnsani yardım

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