Unauthorised development and seismic hazard vulnerability: a study of squatters and engineers in Istanbul, Turkey

Green, Rebekah A.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01044.x

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“…Public distrust of expert seismic adjustment advice arises when acts of the Turkish construction industry, engineers and regulatory bodies are seen to be corrupt (Green, 2008). Members of households feel that these entities have betrayed the wider society by knowingly and willingly letting monetary and political benefits take precedence over diligence and moral integrity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…House-building is therefore contracted out to people who are perceived to be noncorrupt and competent (but often are not), undertaken by the prospective owners themselves, or proceeds as a mix of the two. Green (2008) proposes that Istanbul's extensive selfbuilt housing stock increases the vulnerability of its citizens, and that lack of trust between lay and expert groups is partly to blame.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The social psychology of seismic hazard adjustment: re-evaluating the international literature

Solberg

Rossetto

Joffe

2010

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The majority of people at risk from earthquakes do little or nothing to reduce their vulnerability. Over the past 40 years social scientists have tried to predict and explain levels of seismic hazard adjustment using models from behavioural sciences such as psychology. The present paper is the first to synthesise the major findings from the international literature on psychological correlates and causes of seismic adjustment at the level of the individual and the household. It starts by reviewing research on seismic risk perception. Next, it looks at norms and normative beliefs, focusing particularly on issues of earthquake protection responsibility and trust between risk stakeholders. It then considers research on attitudes towards seismic adjustment attributes, specifically beliefs about efficacy, control and fate. It concludes that an updated model of seismic adjustment must give the issues of norms, trust, power and identity a more prominent role. These have been only sparsely represented in the social psychological literature to date.

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Section: Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

The social psychology of seismic hazard adjustment: re-evaluating the international literature

Solberg

Rossetto

Joffe

2010

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

209

188

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“…Levels of trust in the competence and moral integrity of political, civic, voluntary, scientific, and industrial actors in emergency management have been shown to influence seismic adjustment behavior. Trust in the competence of expert agencies and political elites promotes uptake of adjustments (Paton et al 2010), while active distrust of those involvedfor example, due to perceptions of corruption-undermines it (Green 2008). Thus, the level of trust people have in such agents and institutions shapes their orientations toward engaging in adjustment behavior.…”

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Social Representations of Earthquakes: A Study of People Living in Three Highly Seismic Areas

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Much research on people's seismic adjustment activity in highly seismic areas has assumed that low levels of adjustment are attributable to insufficient awareness of seismic risk. Empirical evidence for this assumption is weak, and there is growing appreciation of the role played by sociocultural and emotional variables in risk perception and behavior. This study explored these sociocultural and emotional dimensions via 144 interviews and questionnaires, with matched samples of locals in Seattle (United States), Osaka (Japan), and Izmir (Turkey). The data showed that high awareness of possible seismic adjustment measures was not translated into behavior, with all sites demonstrating low adjustment uptake, though the North Americans adopted significantly more adjustments than the other cultures. Thematic analysis of the interview data suggested that adjustment behavior was undermined by anxiety, distrust, distancing self from earthquake risk and fatalistic beliefs. The paper concludes by recommending how culture-specific disaster mitigation plans may be developed to address these factors.

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“…Although self‐construction may be the most viable option for many disaster‐affected households, it is also likely to be the most hazardous. When affected communities build back themselves, it is common for construction processes to include the same inadequate building practices as before, and for the repaired or rebuilt homes to leave householders at risk from future disasters (Coburn and Spence, ; Green, ; Parrack, Flinn, and Passey, ). The likelihood of householders incorporating safer construction methods in the rebuilding of their homes can be affected by many factors, including a lack of understanding of safer building methods (Yahya et al, ; Schilderman, ; Powell, ; Maynard and Barritt, ), the prohibitive expense of including additional hazard‐resistant construction techniques (Tran Tuan et al, ), the financial and technical support available, or the required level of compliance with local building codes (Twigg et al, ).…”

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Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

2019

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The humanitarian sector is increasingly aware of the role that good quality evidence plays in the underpinning of effective and accountable practice. This review addresses the need for reliable evidence by evaluating current knowledge about the intersection of two key outcome targets of post‐disaster shelter response: supporting shelter self‐recovery and building back safer. Evidence about post‐disaster shelter programmes that aim to improve hazard resistance while supporting shelter self‐recovery has been systematically analysed and evaluated. Technical support, especially training in safer construction techniques, was found to be a central programme feature, but the impact of this and other programme attributes on building safety was largely not ascertainable. Programme reports and studies lack sufficient detail, especially on the hazard resistance of repaired houses. Accounts of shelter programmes need to include more reliable reporting of key activities and assessment of outcomes, in order to contribute to the growing evidence base in this field.

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Unauthorised development and seismic hazard vulnerability: a study of squatters and engineers in Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract: Many cities in developing nations

Cited by 48 publications

References 39 publications

The social psychology of seismic hazard adjustment: re-evaluating the international literature

The social psychology of seismic hazard adjustment: re-evaluating the international literature

Social Representations of Earthquakes: A Study of People Living in Three Highly Seismic Areas

Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

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