Özet:

The destructive effects of earthquakes, floods, landslides and fires, which we define as natural disasters, on world cities are increasing every year. In fact, since cities are complex structures with social, economic, physical and environmental dimensions, risks such as disasters, terrorist attacks, financial crises, food security, energy crises and political instability threaten cities. Cities can protect their structure, function, system and identity against shocks and problems that may affect their social, economic and technical systems and infrastructure at any time in the future, only by increasing their resistance capacity against possible risks. In this research, the necessity of restructuring in local governments in general and municipal governments in particular in order to reduce the destructiveness of earthquakes in cities has been discussed. Many earthquakes in Turkey have destroyed cities, but unfortunately, the necessity of designing and constructing buildings considering earthquake conditions has not been understood for many years. In addition, although municipalities' land planning in urban areas is an important tool to reduce risks arising from natural disasters, it has not been used properly. The aim of the research is to initiate a discussion on the creation of a system that will prevent elected officials and officials in cities from considering their personal interests above "local common needs". In the research, in order to build resilient cities, the restructuring of municipal bodies was suggested, and the way the mayor was elected was discussed, and instead of the strong one-man model, the professionally managed council system and city commission model were suggested. It has also been suggested to determine occupational criteria for the municipal council and specialized commissions. Qualitative data collection techniques were used in the research.

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