Post-disaster gathering areas in Malatya city center examination of the current situation

Throughout history, people have faced many natural and unnatural disasters. Natural disasters have caused great loss of life and property throughout the history of our country. Natural disasters frequently seen in our country are earthquakes, floods, avalanches and landslides. 90% of the country's population lives under the threat of disaster. From this point of view, the city of Malatya, which has experienced natural disasters such as many earthquakes and floods in the past years, has been determined as the study area. Malatya city is located on the East Anatolian fault line. Finally, the Elazig earthquake (6.8 M), which took place in January 2020, also caused loss of life and property in the city of Malatya. The area where the study will be conducted is the urban core area of 25 km². The examinations were carried out by considering the criteria of distance and accessibility, main road connections, multifunctionality, public lands and capacity. Within the boundaries of Malatya urban core, there are 10 post-disaster assembly areas determined by Malatya Municipality and AFAD. 6 of these areas are in Battalgazi district and 4 of them are within the borders of Yeşilyurt district. For the size and capacity calculations, the criterion of 2.5 m² per person in the Izmir Provincial Disaster Response Plan, which was approved by the Izmir Governorship Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate with the Governor's Approval dated 28.10.2019 and numbered 159216, was used. Necessary drawings were made using Malatya Reconstruction Map base for main road connections and distance and accessibility criteria, and then DepthMap program was used to make calculations on the drawings. According to the data obtained, 26.64% (134,003 people) of the population of the urban core area can use the assembly areas in disaster situations, while 73.36% (368,854 people) of the population will not be able to use the assembly areas in disaster situations.