Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences, cilt.48, sa.3, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Effective earthquake disaster management requires the most recent and precise vulnerability evaluation. There are a total of 24 faults and 16 fault segments that may affect Kayseri city center and its districts. According to the records, in the historical and instrumental period, more than 30 earthquakes that occurred with a magnitude of 4 and above are concentrated in 8 districts. Ten of these earthquakes occurred in the last 7 years. A framework for evaluating Kayseri’s earthquake vulnerability has been presented using a three-stage process: Determining the criteria through a literature review and consultations with experts, applying the linear Best Worst Method (BWM) to weigh the selected criteria, and evaluating the districts using alternative by alternative comparison (ABAC), respectively. To analyze the earthquake vulnerability of districts, the proposed methodology BWM-ABAC, which is used for the first time in the literature, offers valuable results. The findings showed that the Kocasinan district is the most vulnerable to earthquakes in Kayseri City. A sensitivity analysis was then performed to confirm the robustness.