Isparta’da Deprem Afet Bilinci Toplumsal Düzeyinin Belirlenmesi

Turkey is located in one of the most active tectonic belts in the world. A lot of damaging earthquakes occur along the Isparta Angle, one part of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, is one of these tectonic belts. According to the historical (until 1899) and instrumental records (from 1900 to present day), the Isparta city area has been adversely affected by earthquakes up to 6.9 (Mw). In the study, it is tried to determine the social awareness of earthquake disaster in the Zafer District of Isparta, regardless of their occupation, age, gender, education level. In this context, 23 questions were prepared to be administered to the individuals and the questionnaire was carried out with 355 people. It has been observed that 90% (in Isparta) of the respondents have experienced earthquakes, but they don’t have enough information about earthquakes. It has been determined that they obtained information about the earthquake mostly from media. At the same time, it has been observed that there is more knowledge about post-earthquake crisis management than about pre-earthquake risk management. It has been observed that there is a need for institutional communication in order to create disaster awareness. At the same time, it has been demonstrated that our people should be included in the process with practices and exercises. On the other hand, it was determined that the socio-economic structure of the neighborhood where the survey took place was effective in the formation of earthquake disaster awareness.