Adaptation of Rural Communities and Understanding their Socio-economic Vulnerability for Future

In the most of the post-disaster permanent housing implementations, dwellers are left alone after the completion of their houses. However, the importance of monitoring and evaluation is highlighted in the last few years. Accordingly, the basis of this paper is to present a study conducted in the province of Van, Turkey, which was stricken by two earthquakes in the late 2011. The study focuses upon the rural settlements reconstructed after the earthquakes, and investigates the adaptation of dwellers who resettled almost a year before, which is an appropriate period of time to observe the early outcomes of adaptation. The paper presents the quantitative results using IBM SPSS 21 of the analyses applied for the indicators selected with regard to physical, economical, social and demographic characteristics of the area, dwellers, and the implementations.