TY  - JOUR
TT  - Avalanche Research Studies at Bozdağ
AU  - Koçyiğit, Önder
AU  - Tekin, Erhan
AU  - Arslan, Gökhan
PY  - 2016
DA  - December
JF  - Disaster Science and Engineering
JO  - DSE
PB  - Emrah DOĞAN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-7249
SP  - 40
EP  - 45
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
KW  - Avalanche
KW  - Forecast
KW  - Disaster
KW  - National
KW  - Prevention
N2  - Turkey may encounter some threatening avalanche events almost every winter season since approximately 70% of theland of the country is situated on high altitude mountains. Snow avalanche as a disaster might cause many people to lose their livesand damage to property. Fatal avalanche disasters occurred in the 1990s have triggered initiation of national academic studies andsome projects aimed at reducing avalanche losses. However, studies in Europe on the subject date back to many decades.Prediction, prevention or damage reduction is possible precaution steps for an avalanche disaster. For this reason, it is indispensableto continue expanding the national studies focusing on prevention and damage reduction of snow and avalanche. Academic studieson the subject are in progress in Turkey. However, a central research institute is advised for a sustainable management of avalanchedisaster. This institution will be able to carry out and evaluate some key issues such as field observations and data collections,analysis of the data collected, development of a forecast model, application of protection methods, risk management, research andpursuit of innovation etc. A research project is currently carried out by Gazi University at Bozdağ, İzmir. An automated station isestablished for data collection which will be used in analyze of avalanche disaster at Bozdağ.
CR  - Ministry of Public Works. (2009). Archival records, Ankara: Abolished, General Directorate of Disaster Affairs
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/dse/issue//381821
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/408270
ER  -