Browsing by Author "Oral, Vildan"

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Factors Affecting the Success of Disaster Response Management: The Case of the 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes
(Wiley, 2025) Oral, Vildan
Although response time is essential in disasters, if an effective coordination mechanism is not established, response processes face more significant problems. To improve disaster management systems globally, lessons learned from past disasters are evaluated and suggestions for improvement are presented to prevent faulty practices from being repeated in the future. This study aims to investigate the factors that caused the 2023 T & uuml;rkiye earthquakes to turn into disasters from the perspective of complexity theory and to present suggestions on the problems encountered in coordination, which is one of the critical parameters of disaster response, and the strategies to be implemented for their solution. The study was conducted using an in-depth interview technique. Within the scope of the survey, in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 disaster management experts who took an active part in earthquakes. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. The study evaluated disaster response management parameters under five themes: transportation, communication, safety, coordination, and logistics.
Implications in the Light of the Experiences and Perspectives of Mukhtars as Local Community Leaders in the Scope of Disaster Management
(Elsevier, 2023) Turan, Meliksah; Oral, Vildan
Involving local actors in disaster management practices is crucial to the transition to community -based disaster management (CBDM). This study, which includes the perspectives of mukhtars who have a say in local policy and planning decisions but are not sufficiently included in the local disaster management system, aims to give policymakers a new perspective on the roles and re-sponsibilities that mukhtars can take in disasters and emergencies. In this descriptive study, thematic analysis of the data obtained by the semi-structured interview technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was carried out. Within the scope of the study, using a purposeful sampling method, interviews were conducted with 22 village mukhtars who had experienced landslides, rockfalls, avalanches, and floods in the past. In the analyses, the themes of pre-paredness, service continuity, response, organization, communication, and capacity building, which include the roles and responsibilities of mukhtars in disaster management, were revealed. In addition, the study results showed that the most significant shortcomings of local disaster organizations are education, infrastructure, and equipment, and the points that the mukhtars consider disadvantageous are incompetence, non-participatory disaster policies, and cumbersome bureaucratic structure. Organizing the local people, who have a high level of volunteerism and a spirit of solidarity, and who currently support disaster response with simple equipment to solve the stated deficiencies and disadvantages and to guide them effectively in disaster situations, offers unique opportunities for CBDM.