Investigation of assembly centers in the disaster areas in Merkez district of Uşak province in Turkey

Abstract

Within the scope of this study; post-disaster assembly areas in Merkez district of the Uşak province in Turkey, criteria for determining these areas, sizes of the areas, and compliance conditions with the specified standards, would be evaluated. Besides, the distribution of post-disaster assembly areas would be evaluated, and the maps prepared by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This study indicates that the assembly areas in Merkez/Uşak are not sufficient, especially in the populous neighborhood, and many of them have infrastructure problems. The distribution of the areas is also another problem in different neighborhoods from different reasons. The analysis made through the GIS also showed that the distribution of assembly areas is not homogenous in terms of accessibility.