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Cancer is one of the most important health problems today, due to high incidence of mortality. Approximately 7.6 million people die from cancer every year in the world and the cancer incidence increases over time. Beside life style-related factors, environmental factors affect cancer development. According to the World Health Organization, new chemical substances are synthesized every year without adequate investigation about their toxicity. Among industrial workers, an increase has been observed in bladder and other organ cancers, especially lung cancer. Studies find increased incidence of lung cancer among workers in iron mines, steel foundries and industries in which workers are exposed to iron oxides such as the iron and steel industry. Most studies state the exposure to metal fumes, crystalline silica dust and pyrolysis products emitted under heat, particularly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) used in iron and steel industry cause cancer. There are also some studies which state that there is no clear relationship between the risk of cancer and the industrialism. In this review, the relationship between industrialization and cancer risk is discussed in the light of current literature

International Iron & Steel Symposium
UDCS

Kasım Yılmaz Işıl Işık ANDSOY

Fire has been a part of our needs in life and we now cannot live without it. It has been of much use now to us since man learned of its potentials and usage. But then again, uncontrollable spread of fire such as in historical building fire will lead to damage of our properties, our cultural heritage and worse, loss of life. Fire safety is a field where fire safety designs were designed for the sake of fire prevention and also whenever there is an event of fire; it functions as to control the spreading of fire and also for safe evacuation of the people. Fire safety engineering plays a significant role in the development of cost-effective fire-safety designs for buildings, manufacturing plants and industrial operations as it can provide a systematic approach to assessing fire safety and minimizing the risks associated with fire. Historical buildings reflect the state of the art at the time of their construction. Materials were used that are often viewed critically today with regard to fire safety. The biggest challenge is to ensure optimal fire protection of the building structure and the interior (stucco, ceiling and wall paintings, panelling, furniture and chandeliers) as well as the historical artifacts inside a building, without affecting their aesthetic value and historical integrity. Fire safety in all buildings is a critical topic, but fire protection in historical buildings is also of great cultural importance. Fire and the consequential damage can result in monetary losses that run into the tens of millions of Euros and the loss of irreplaceable historical artifacts. Restoring these damaged buildings and items can be very costly and sometimes impossible. The experts and staff working at Fire Brigade and Disaster and Emergency Unit located in cultural and historical protected cities don’t have enough up-to-date knowledge and competencies in terms of Fire Safety Management (Prevention, Preparedness and Response). In this context, competencybased training module is an approach, which ensures that staff becomes competent and remains competent and that experience and changing demands are incorporated in the Fire Safety Management involved. There is a need to identify and tackle Fire Safety Management in cultural and historical protected cities such as Safranbolu (TR), Frederikssund (DK), Marche (IT) and Ljubljana (SI). In order to decrease the effects of fire accident and irreplaceable historical artifacts, the task is to examine best practices in this area and thereby to develop a professional profile and training modules who can manage together with local policymakers’ fire brigades, security and health institutions, VET, education, and emergency and safety concerns. In particular the main aim of the FireSkills is to create a new profile and develop a Training Modules (EQF level 8) for experts/staff working specific sectors such as Fire Safety, Fire Accident, Security, Health, Emergency, Crisis Management and Firefighting in cultural and historical protected cities. The second main of the FireSkills project is to expand awareness and improved know-how, skills and knowledge of the fire safety management for inhabitants living in cultural and historical protected cities in terms of preparing user guide and organizing training activities. In this study, will given informations about a model implementation developing for these fields, in conjunction with an Erasmus+ project.

International Science and Engineering Application Symposium on Hazards
ISESH

Gazanfer Erbay Salvatore Santuccio Kasım Yılmaz Mateja Gris Kim Lintrup Bora Balun Andrea Marconi Hüseyin Yavuz Erbil Gašper Golob Jimmy Braunschweig Andersen Yılmaz Olcay

Chemical substances which used frequently in every aspect of our daily life and industry pose many risks. The chemical accidents are emerged either from unplanned technological failures and/or human errors or from a combination of both. In this paper, the European Commission SEVESO Directives about prevention, preparedness and response to major incidents has been evaluated in terms of the amendments on its content and the implementation difficulties. The Seveso Directive, adopted by the Council of Ministers of the European Communities in June 1982 (Directive 82/501/EEC) was the result of discussions after Seveso disaster in Italy. This legislation aimed to improve the safety of industrial sites, planning for offsite emergencies, and to cope with broader regional and transboundary aspects of industrial safety. After two amendments in 1987 and 1988 the second Directive (96/82/EC) was introduced in 1996 following the UK North Sea Piper-Alpha disaster in 1989 accepted the concept of a safety management system, draw attention for domino effects to neighbouring plants, land use planning, and care in plant modifications. Seveso Directive III in 2012 focused on emergency plans, public involvement in consultation and decision making, and defining criteria for „hazardous materials. On the path of full EU membership Turkey updated related regulations according to Seveso II Directive but hasn‟t finished harmonization updates in his legislation for Seveso III directive yet.

International Science and Engineering Application Symposium on Hazards
ISESH

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It has been occurring the natural disasters and human-being disasters each year all over the world and Turkey, also at these events are die and injury thousands of people each year. Besides intangible damages at this events, pecuniary losses are expressed in billion dollars. While minimizing and/or eliminating losses are requires special attention and expertise, that situation is considered as measure of success for the disaster management system. In this study, after the United States and Turkey discussed the short history of disaster management system, the disaster management system and intervention concept of both countries will be discussed through AFAD and FEMA.

International Science and Engineering Application Symposium on Hazards
ISESH

Kasım Yılmaz Bora Balun Gazanfer Erbay

Safranbolu has been used as a settlement since the Paleolithic Age and it is a touristic city that especially reflects the historical, architectural, social and cultural values of the 18th century Ottoman society. The city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage City in 1994. Approximately 280,000 local and foreign tourists visit Safranbolu annually. The number of local tourists is approximately twice the number of foreign tourists. The majority of foreign tourists arriving within the framework of cultural tourism are from Far East countries. In addition to its historical and cultural values, Safranbolu has an alternative tourism capacity with its natural features. The famous historic excavation areas, caves, canyons, forests and plateaus in the region are examples of alternative tourism resources. In this study, the opportunities, threats strengths and weaknesses of tourism sector in Safranbolu have been evaluated through semi-structured interview technique conducted with qualified, leading and well informed participants about Safranbolu and tourism. As a result of the research, it was seen that the significantly preserved historical texture and rich culture and alternative tourism resources constitute the strengths of Safranbolu tourism. Safranbolu’s convenient location to the metropolitan cities and intense interest of especially far-eastern tourists in Safranbolu within the context of cultural tourism offer a great deal of opportunities in terms of tourism. However, in order to protect the historical texture and succeed sustainable tourism development, fire risks and traffic problems must be solved, commercial modifications should not be allowed in a way disrupting originality and the environment should be protected as a whole. The weaknesses of Safranbolu tourism include; lack of resources in restoration and organization, inability to focus on sustainability in tourism, inability to provide effective marketing, partial infrastructure problems and not being able to keep tourists staying in Safranbolu for longer periods. It was considered that a common tourism strategy including Bartın, Kastamonu and Safranbolu regions should be implemented and by supporting historical handcrafting original souvenir design should be developed. Safranbolu taş devrinden itibaren yerleşim yeri olarak kullanılmış, özellikle 18.yüzyıl Osmanlı toplumunun tarihi, mimari, sosyal ve kültürel değerlerini günümüze yansıtan turistik bir şehrimizdir. 1975 yılından itibaren sit alanı ilan edilerek koruma altına alınan şehir 1994 yılında UNESCO Dünya Miras Kentleri listesine alınmıştır. Safranbolu’yu yıllık yaklaşık 280.000 yerli ve yabancı turist ziyaret etmektedir. Yerli turist sayısı yaklaşık olarak yabancı turist sayısının iki katıdır. Kültür turizmi çerçevesinde gelen yabancı turistlerin çoğunluğu uzakdoğu kökenlidir. Safranbolu tarihi ve kültürel değerleri yanında doğal özellikleriyle de alternatif turizm kapasitesine sahiptir. Bölgede yeralan ünlü kazı alanları, mağara, kanyon, orman ve yaylalar alternatif turizm çeşitliliğine örnek olarak verilebilir. Bu çalışmada Safranbolu turizminin güçlü ve zayıf yönleriyle karşı karşıya olduğu fırsat ve tehditler, nitel araştırma yöntemiyle, Safranbolu ve turizm alanında yetkin katılımcılarla yapılan yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat tekniğiyle değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma neticesinde önemli ölçüde korunmuş tarihi doku, zengin kültür ve alternatif turizm kaynaklarının Safranbolu turizminin güçlü yönlerini oluşturduğu ortaya çıkmaktadır. Büyükşehirlere yakın konumu ve özellikle uzakdoğu kökenli turistlerin kültür turizmine yoğun ilgisi ise turizm açısından fırsatlar sunmaktadır. Ancak tarihi dokunun korunabilmesi ve sürdürülebilir turizm gelişmesi için yangın riski ve trafik sorunlarının çözülmesi, ticari gayelerle yapılan tadilatların orijinaliteyi bozmasına izin verilmemesi ve bir bütün olarak çevrenin korunması gerekmektedir. Safranbolu turizminin zayıf yönleri arasında; Yönetimlerin restorasyon ve organizasyon konusunda kaynak yetersizlikleri, turizmde sürdürülebilirlik konusunda yeterince yoğunlaşılamaması, etkili bir pazarlama sağlanamaması, kısmi altyapı sorunları ve turistlerin Safranbolu’da daha fazla kalmalarını mümkün kılacak organizasyonların yapılamaması hususları yeralmaktadır. Bartın, Kastamonu ve Safranbolu bölgelerini içeren ortak bir turizm konseptinin oluşturulması ve tarihi el sanatlarının korunarak turistik orijinal hediyelik eşya tasarımının geliştirilmesi gerektiği değerlendirilmektedir.

Business and Organization Research (International Conference)
BOR

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