This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 653748.
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The later stages of modernity are creating a world full of uncontrollable and unknown risks
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Individuals' definitions of ”risk”
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Risk management is information management which considers the relationship between knowledge and the lack thereof
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: UN and other international organisations, European Civil Protection Mechanism, Healthcare and emergency services, Law enforcement agencies, Military, NGOs, Red Cross, National research bodies, Media, Entrepreneurs, Active citizens, Local authorities, National civil protection body, Government, All types of actors
"Familiar risks" are more easily accepted than "new and unfamiliar risks"
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews
Hazards: Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards, Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Human perception assesses risk differently to other threat measures in place
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Worldviews
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Culturally constructed disaster related notions
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social control
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
Contemporary societies, promoters of individual freedom
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Power relations
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Government, Non-active citizens
Blame: an important aspect in media's coverage of risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social exclusion
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Media
Topics that generate irresponsible media alarmism
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward the media, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Media
Media's role and influence on public perceptions in the social construction of risks
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Attitudes toward the media
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Media, Non-active citizens
Long-term disaster effects in the perception of threats
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens
The involvement of local emergency services is crucial for the development of international emergency-response digital tools
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, Healthcare and emergency services, NGOs
The importance of adapting to users' needs and cultural diversity
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Open-mindedness, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, NGOs, Non-active citizens
Further research needed to determine country differences around safety check behaviour
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Open-mindedness, Social networks
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Entrepreneurs, Active citizens, NGOs
Differences in risk culture and preparedness level determines differences in user approach to LastQuake's safety check feature
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Density of active citizenship, Communication, Access and use of infrastructure/services, Open-mindedness
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens
LastQuake app features are designed to be both visual and simple to maximise comprehension on an international scale
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens, NGOs
LastQuake app made improvements based on feedback and best practices
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Density of active citizenship
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, NGOs
Safety check features of LastQuake app help increase the general level of preparedness and contribute to the reduction of earthquake risk
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens, NGOs
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