Multi-risk interpretation of natural hazards for settlements of the Hatay province in the east Mediterranean region, Turkey using SRTM DEM |
| |
Authors: | A C Demirkesen |
| |
Institution: | (1) Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey |
| |
Abstract: | Many scientists have recently alarmed natural hazards due to global climate change. Such natural disasters are coastal inundation
in response to sea-level rise, and/or river flooding caused by heavy rain falls, additionally earthquakes and, etc. In terms
of natural hazards, one of the most sensitive and culturally significant areas in Turkey is the Hatay province in the east
Mediterranean region. The Hatay province is located on such a region which is not only vulnerable to coastal inundation and
river flooding, but also is a tectonically and seismically sensitive area. In this study, for taking conservation measures
against the natural hazards beforehand and decision-making on any future land-planning; a digital terrain model and a 3D fly-through
model of the Hatay province were generated; then quantitatively and/or qualitatively interpreted by employing the Shuttle
Radar Topographic Mission digital elevation model. Besides, stream drainage patterns, lineaments and structural–geological
features were extracted for natural hazard risk interpretation of settlements and their relationships among the landscape
characteristics were exhibited by combining tectonic information previously confirmed. Regarding the sea-level rise, the coastal
inundation risk map indicates that the most vulnerable areas are: coastlines of Iskenderun, Arsuz, Payas and Samandag, respectively.
By/after analyzing the digital terrain of the study region and stream drainage patterns, the Karasu Valley Zone, where the
Amik plain, settlements of Antakya, Iskenderun, Arsuz, Payas and Samandag with their flood plains have the most flooding risk
in decreasing order, respectively when a heavy raining occurs. Finally, analysis of tectonics has revealed that Antakya, Iskenderun,
Hassa, Kirikhan, Samandag, Payas, Arsuz, Altinozu, Kumlu and Hacipasa regions have the most sensitivity to earthquake disaster
in the study region. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|