Earthquakes as a natural occurrence and disaster

A qualitative research from the perspective of chaos theory

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ID21652065
AuthorsEyyüp Yildiz (0000-0002-1160-9693, Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Gümüşhane University Gümüşhane Turkey, corresponding author), Sedat Bostan (0000-0002-9439-8448, Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Gümüşhane University Gümüşhane Turkey)
Year2024
Volume41
Issue1
Pages119-133
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSystems Research and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-7026 • E-ISSN: 1099-1743
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sres.2946
OpenAlexW4323569071
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited63

A concept that inspired social sciences as well as many other fields of science was developed from chaos theory. Disaster researchers are also trying to approach, understand, explain and manage disasters with this new concept. However, it has been observed that studies investigating disasters from this perspective do not focus on disaster sources. With this starting point, in this research, the chaotic factors that prepare the disaster formation were investigated with the example of earthquake. The study was carried out with the qualitative method. Data were collected by semi‐structured online interview. Participants were selected by purposive sampling method. The interview data obtained from a total of 10 participants were managed with the MAQXDA 2018 software package using the traditional content analysis method. All codes were classified into three themes and 11 categories. According to the findings, earthquakes can be dealt with in three different chaotic periods: a natural event, a natural event that turns into a disaster, and disaster response and recovery. Future research is recommended to explain the dynamics of occurrence of other disasters such as floods, storms, explosions, and epidemics. It is recommended that disaster management practitioners integrate the chaos management approach into disaster management. With this, it is hoped that disaster management will shift from a linear, bureaucratic, command‐control approach to a community‐based, flexible, continuous planning approach in which even the smallest occurrences are carefully monitored

Bureaucracy · Data science · Disaster recovery · Disaster research · Emergency management · Geography · Management science · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Nonprobability sampling · Operations research · Physics · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Artificial Intelligence

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