Interdisciplinary studies on contemporary research practices in engineering in the 21st century-III, Kamil KAYGUSUZ, Editör, Özgür yayınevi, Trabzon, ss.131-148, 2023
In an area that is tectonically active and has various fault zones, earthquakes
of varying magnitudes have occurred in our country both in the past
and today. Like in the rest of the world, various analyses and research
are being conducted in our country to eliminate or minimize the loss
of life and property caused by earthquakes. In this study, the locations of
existing disaster and emergency assembly areas in the Ovacık district were
determined and visualized on Google Earth. Furthermore, using Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)-based analysis and weighted overlay method,
a risk classification was conducted. To this end, basic inputs in the GIS
environment, including slope, geology, distance to rivers, distance to roads,
distance to settlements, elevation, distance to fault lines, land use, and
population data layers, were used. Existing collection areas were digitized
and incorporated into this framework as vector layers. The disaster and
emergency assembly area sensitivity map of the study area is divided into 3
sensitivity classes. According to this map; regions of high, middle and low
sensitivity were obtained as 8.35%, 76.23% and 15.42%, respectively. It is
observed that both existing assembly areas are within the high sensitivity
zone. The two existing assembly areas are geologically located within the
Karabük formation (Teka). Because it contains coal levels, assembly areas on
the Karabük formation require more detailed field studies and taking field
measures. Apart from this, it has been observed that the existing assembly
areas comply with the other parameters used.