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Articles by Polat Gulkan
'Very simple things': Earthquake engineers on what went wrong in Turkey
But now in question is how the scale of destruction could have been prevented.So why has the country seen such an enormous scale of destruction, and was that scale preventable?"They have 90 percent right, 10 percent wrong," said Miyamoto, a structural engineer who has toured the aftermath of some of the world's worst earthquakes over the past 20 years.There is not enough tax money to do that," said Miyamoto.
Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action, but it is possible to prepare Original
Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was "not possible to be prepared for such a disaster." Certainly the scale of the destruction was unforeseen. The death toll from the earthquakes of Feb. 6, 2023, that struck Turkey and northern Syria is still climbing.
Earthquakes, Turkey, building codes
EARTHQUAKESEarthquake in Turkey Exposes Gap Between Seismic Knowledge and Action – but It Is Possible to Prepare Published 15 February 2023 The final death toll is likely to place the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria among the worst natural disaster. The sobering question to us, as disaster mitigation scholars, is whether this enormous loss of lives, homes and livelihoods could have been avoided.
Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action
Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst-affected areas and declared that it was “not possible to be prepared for such a disaster.” Certainly the scale of the destruction was unforeseen. The death toll from the earthquakes of February 6, 2023, that struck Turkey and Northern Syria is still climbing.
Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action -- but it is possible to prepare
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Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action -- but it is possible to prepare
Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was “not possible to be prepared for such a disaster.” Certainly the scale of the destruction was unforeseen. The death toll from the earthquakes of Feb. 6, 2023, that struck Turkey and northern Syria is still climbing.
Earthquakes, Turkey, building codes
EARTHQUAKESEarthquake in Turkey Exposes Gap Between Seismic Knowledge and Action – but It Is Possible to Prepare Published 16 February 2023 The final death toll is likely to place the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria among the worst natural disaster. The sobering question to us, as disaster mitigation scholars, is whether this enormous loss of lives, homes and livelihoods could have been avoided.
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