Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province
Turkey is located in the Alpin Earthquake Belt, one of the most active seismic belts in the world. The community is greatly affected by earthquakes due to its location. Especially since the 1999 Marmara earthquake the role of disaster management has risen and, in this respect, use of mobile apps has...
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| author | Büşra Kart Ceren Yağcı Büşra Gözgörer Efsun Avcı Fatih İşcan |
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| description | Turkey is located in the Alpin Earthquake Belt, one of the most active seismic belts in the world. The community is greatly affected by earthquakes due to its location. Especially since the 1999 Marmara earthquake the role of disaster management has risen and, in this respect, use of mobile apps has grown in popularity in Turkey. In this study, an Earthquake Information System Mobile Application was designed using Flutter programming language on Android Studio software and distribution of emergency meeting areas of Konya province over the city was investigated using GIS. The suitability of existing emergency meeting areas was evaluated on the maps with the criteria of acreage, population, accessibility and proximity of settlements. The aim of this application is to raise disaster management awareness in the public. Various earthquake management contents were used in the mobile application before, during, and after the earthquake. The most different aspect of this application is represented by instant location data of users and emergency meeting areas. Thus, with mobile application the closest emergency meeting area information can be accessed instantly in a moment of panic. In addition, the application can help to avoid panic during the process until the temporary shelter is ready after the earthquake, allowing for more effective communication, collaboration, and providing a faster first emergency aid. With this study, it was concluded that 125 emergency meeting areas in Konya (including districts) will meet the needs according to the criteria of this study of settlements of a disaster. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-234fff5e7b9c4ff2bfae8095d0b7b3d82025-02-02T05:02:05ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402023-01-0191115https://doi.org/10.21324/dacd.950721Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya ProvinceBüşra Kart0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8613-5202Ceren Yağcı1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4429-7809Büşra Gözgörer2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-894X Efsun Avcı3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0556-3534Fatih İşcan4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0669-5830Konya Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Harita Mühendisliği Bölümü, 42100, KonyaOsmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Harita Mühendisliği Bölümü, 80000, OsmaniyeKonya Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Harita Mühendisliği Bölümü, 42100, KonyaKonya Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Harita Mühendisliği Bölümü, 42100, KonyaKonya Teknik Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Harita Mühendisliği Bölümü, 42100, KonyaTurkey is located in the Alpin Earthquake Belt, one of the most active seismic belts in the world. The community is greatly affected by earthquakes due to its location. Especially since the 1999 Marmara earthquake the role of disaster management has risen and, in this respect, use of mobile apps has grown in popularity in Turkey. In this study, an Earthquake Information System Mobile Application was designed using Flutter programming language on Android Studio software and distribution of emergency meeting areas of Konya province over the city was investigated using GIS. The suitability of existing emergency meeting areas was evaluated on the maps with the criteria of acreage, population, accessibility and proximity of settlements. The aim of this application is to raise disaster management awareness in the public. Various earthquake management contents were used in the mobile application before, during, and after the earthquake. The most different aspect of this application is represented by instant location data of users and emergency meeting areas. Thus, with mobile application the closest emergency meeting area information can be accessed instantly in a moment of panic. In addition, the application can help to avoid panic during the process until the temporary shelter is ready after the earthquake, allowing for more effective communication, collaboration, and providing a faster first emergency aid. With this study, it was concluded that 125 emergency meeting areas in Konya (including districts) will meet the needs according to the criteria of this study of settlements of a disaster.http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1817695geographic information systems (gis)earthquake information systememergency meeting areas |
| spellingShingle | Büşra Kart Ceren Yağcı Büşra Gözgörer Efsun Avcı Fatih İşcan Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi geographic information systems (gis) earthquake information system emergency meeting areas |
| title | Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province |
| title_full | Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province |
| title_short | Design of a Mobile Application for Disaster Management and Examination of the Suitability of Emergency Meeting Areas with GIS: The Case of Konya Province |
| title_sort | design of a mobile application for disaster management and examination of the suitability of emergency meeting areas with gis the case of konya province |
| topic | geographic information systems (gis) earthquake information system emergency meeting areas |
| url | http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1817695 |
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