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This chapter presents the disaster management reforms that have been introduced after the Marmara earthquake in Turkey in the context of a development and disaster relationship. Defining development as a process of reducing vulnerability to disasters, the chapter focuses on several reforms that were initiated after the Marmara earthquake—both in terms of organizational structure and legislation. It suggests that the government of Turkey needs to put disasters back in national-level development plans, integrate social vulnerability to the national-level strategy on earthquakes and give a voice to local actors (e.g., local governments, community based organizations) for vulnerability reduction.
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Ganapati, N. (2014). Linking Development to Disasters in Turkey: Moving Forward After the Marmara Earthquake. In: Kapucu, N., Liou, K. (eds) Disaster and Development. Environmental Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04468-2_4
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