Afet risk azaltmada sektörler arası ı̇şbirlikleri: Türkiye'de kent bağlamında ı̇nceleme

In Turkey, disaster susceptibility and rapid urbanization necessitated active participation of actors in dealing with disasters in reduction phase. Researches on connections of stakeholders in disaster risk reduction (DRR) have been carried out, but apart from "who" must be included and/or "which" connections they have, asking "why" and understanding motivations, attributes towards collaborations would provide better insights for realizing intended efforts. Therefore, this thesis examines the cross-sector collaboration among public, private, and civil society sectors in natural disaster risk reduction efforts in the cities by applying Stakeholder Approach. It summarizes findings from an investigation identifying actors' perspectives towards collaboration, elaborates barriers, benefits of collaboration based on interviews, document analyses. It also proposes a model for effective collaboration. The findings suggest that there are different but interconnected motivations. Having drawn the most realistic picture as possible regarding the current trend in and attributes towards DRR, the researcher claims the necessity of strategic, operational and tactical level collaborations by making recommending flexible but structured organizational design; profiling, clustering and identifying resources, terminology, focal points and sine qu non's; establishing databases that include templates and roadmap documents; using leaders in the process; setting up platforms; and establishing follow-up mechanism is needed. It also provides a ground for future possible academic and empirical works by making "collaborations" an integral element, also leverages the potential of each stakeholder for better collaboration. Keywords: disaster, disaster risk reduction, mitigation, collaboration, urban, cross-sector collaboration, stakeholder approach, public sector, civil society, private sector, Turkey