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•   Objectives
•   National Disaster Archive System of
  Turkey aims to serve the data about the disasters
  that occurred in Turkey in digital environment
  for users, which will use national archive
  system especially decision makers, operators and
  researchers, in their studies as well as public
  opinion for better understanding of the risks
  that are faced with.
• National Disaster Archive System of
  Turkey is established to transfer experiences,
  studies carried out and results of disasters
  occurred in Turkey to users by using information
  processing facilities. The system is based on a
  querying database. This database uses Enterprise
  Database software and has spatial database
  properties.
• This database can be also queried
  via map. Therefore, NETCAD software which is a
  national software for Geographical Information
  System (GIS) techniques is preferred.
• The system is designed in such a way
  that different database and GIS software can be
  added in future if necessary. The basic
  ingredients of the software to create and operate
  NDAST are operating system, database management
  system, archive application software,
  geographical information system software,
  document management software and the softwares
  used to perform instructional works. Hardwares
  are server and user computers, network system
  that makes connection between them and
  instruments attached to them. The general
  structure of the system is shown in the figure
  below.
• National Disaster Archive System of
  Turkey (NDAST) is also targeting to share the
  information collected by GDDA personnels at the
  disaster areas with related persons and
  institutions in intranet environment. Then it
  will forward the final outputs to members of the
  system.

Turkey, due to its geological,
topographical and meteorological conditions, is
often faced with major natural disasters. In
those regions which experience natural disasters,
losses are increasing more and more because of
population density and extent of economical
activities. In order to create a more resistant
society against natural disasters, it is
necessary to be successful in every phase of the
disaster management. Nowadays, phase of disaster
preparations, mitigation and especially planning
process are becoming really important. In the
global world, archive is a very important
knowledge which sheds light on the future from
the past. Decision-makers, researchers and
executives should build their policies and
strategies on this knowledge. General
Directorate of Disaster Affairs is targeting to
contribute this process by developing National
Disaster Archive System. Financing facilities is
planned within the context of MEER project of
World Bank and has been initiated giving priority
to earthquakes, landslides, floods, avalanches,
rock falls which affect Turkey most. In this
scope, data in papers, which are in the archive
of the GDDA, have been scanned and transferred to
computer.
EXAMPLES FROM THE WORLD FOR DISASTER ARCHIVES
Applications of disaster archives in the
world have different structures. Disaster is
differently defined in each country and the
duties related with disaster are assigned to
different institutions. Therefore, their
archives are dissimilar. Developed countries are
interested in disasters that occurred in their
vicinity or in the world and placed them to their
archives, because they can affect their countries
economically and socially.
CRED (The Centre for Research of the
Epidemiology of Disasters)?
http//www.cred.be/cred1
EM-DAT (Emergency Disaster Database)?
http//www.em-dat.net/
ADRC (Asian Disaster Reduction Center)?
NDAT
http//www.adrc.or.jp/
CDD (Canadian Disaster Database)?
http//www.ps-sp.gc.ca/em/cdd
(EMA- Emergency Management Australia)?
http//www.ema.gov.au/
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Example one Search 10 July 1894 Istanbul
Earthquake
NATIONAL DISASTER ARCHIVE OF SYSTEM
http//www.afet.gov.tr/tuaa
Criterions are determined for disasters to be
placed in National Disaster Archive System of
Turkey (Table). Basic criterions in other
disaster archive systems have been examined and
the ones that are assumed to be most appropriate
for Turkey have been selected. Existence of any
criterion will cause this disaster event to be
placed in archive system. The criterions in the
system will be changed in time if necessary.
Detailed Information and Related Publications
Accessed By the Search for 18 July 1894
Istanbul Earthquake
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF DISASTER
AFFAIRS EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
LABORATORY DIVISION Eskisehir Road 11km.Lodumlu /
ANKARA Phone[phone] / 1517 Email
gbilgi_at_deprem.gov.tr
Data in National Disaster Archive System of Turkey