Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters And Precautions
Ertuğrul ESMERAY Şeyma ÇANKAYA
AbstractNatural disasters are events that occur outside human control and can not be prevented by the human hand after they have occurred. Examples of Natural Disasters around the world are floods, avalanche, landslide, erosion, earthquake, volcanic eruptions, storm, hose, drought, typhoon, forest fire. If we look at our country; from 1900 to the present day 48% of the natural disasters experienced are earthquakes, 25% of floods, while the remaining 27% constitute other natural disasters. Disasters result in loss of life, economic and social losses. Degradation of ecological balance also pose significant environmental problems. Natural disasters unexpectedly events that happen suddenly. And these events have serious negative effects on people and the environment. The vegetation cover should be protected and developed in order to reduce the negative effects that some of the natural disasters may bring to. Supporting walls should be constructed for landslides such as an avalanche.When choosing the settlement sites, it should be well investigated whether the floor is suitable for the construction. (Fault line for earthquake, slope for flood and landslide).The most important thing is to raise awareness of natural disasters by raising awareness of the people.In this study, the environmental impacts of natural disasters and the precautions before disasters were evaluated