Global Warming and Climate Change in Disaster and Risk Management in Turkey
Global Warming and Climate Change in Disaster and Risk Management in Turkey

Author(s): Levent Uzunçıbuk
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, Environmental interactions
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Global warming; climate change; disaster; risk management; Turkey;
Summary/Abstract: A new understanding of disaster and risk management has become widespread after 1990. The new approach adopted gives priority to disaster hazards pre-disaster activities, that is, ‘risk management’ and ‘avoidance’ activities, rather than post-disaster activities. International organizations have defined the issue of avoiding natural disasters as a prerequisite for sustainable development. Many countries in the world have renewed their legal and institutional structures in line with this common discourse.

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