Evaluating flood risk assessment in Turkey: Advancing Climate Change adaptation and resilience

This study evaluates Turkey’s flood vulnerability using a mixed-methods approach, combining GIS-based spatial analysis, remote sensing, expert surveys, and policy review. Results highlight rapid urbanization, infrastructure deficits, and institutional fragmentation as key drivers of risk. Current policies remain reactive and disconnected from long-term climate resilience goals. The study advocates for data-driven, inclusive strategies that integrate AI, GIS, and nature-based solutions to build scalable, adaptive frameworks aligned with Turkey’s climate and sustainability objectives.

Unlike previous case-based studies, this research adopts a national perspective—mapping flood-prone zones and evaluating the institutional and technological readiness for integrating AI and GIS into flood risk governance. The findings offer a foundation for scaling adaptive planning and strengthening flood resilience in Turkey. The research addresses critical gaps in the existing literature on flood risk and climate resilience: