Informal settlements, environmental degradation, and disaster vulnerability : the Turkey case study
The papers in this report have been grouped around four main topics: a general framework and specific topics; urban vulnerability issues; the formal and informal city; and earthquakes, including the Erzincan disaster. The general framework section discusses the vulnerability of Istanbul, Ankara, Izm...
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank
1995
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Table of Contents:
- A. Introduction
- 1. Turkish cities: in search of sustainability / Ronald Parker, Alcira Kreimer, and Mohan Munasinghe
- B. Urban vulnerability: a framework
- 2. Disaster vulnerability: lessons from four turkish urban areas / Ronald Steven Parker
- 3. Legal and institutional framework: environmental policy in Turkey / Necmi Sonmez
- C. Special issues in urban vulnerability
- 4. Disaster prevention and mitigation in metropolitan areas: reducing urban vulnerability in Turkey / Andrew Coburn
- 5. Hazardous and solid wastes in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara / Kriton Curi
- D. Formal and informal cities
- 6. Istanbul: emergency action plan / Mustafa Erdik
- 7. Urban development and the coastal zone: problems in Istanbul and Izmir / Günay Kocasoy
- 8. Disaster vulnerability and environmental degradation: gecekondus / Rusen Keles and Cevat Geray
- E. Earthquakes in Turkey
- 9. The 1992 erzincan earthquake: a case study / Polat Gülkan and Oktay Ergünay
- 10. Reducing disaster impacts through earthquake injury epidemiology: implications for investments in the turkish urban environment / Michael E. Durkin
- Bibliography