Cultural factor
Entries for Local knowledge
Empowering communities and individuals in planning, coordinating and re-building during disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Turning citizens into critical stakeholders and community representatives
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Livelihoods, Gender roles, Age-related roles, Ethnicity, Socio-economic status
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Local authorities, Government, National civil protection body, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Empowering local communities to take ownership of the disaster management process
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Local knowledge, Communication, Livelihoods
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Non-active citizens, Active citizens, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations
Using culture for empowering communities and individuals
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: National civil protection body, Local authorities, Government, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, Healthcare and emergency services, European Civil Protection Mechanism, UN and other international organisations, Active citizens
Example for the effectiveness of grassroot campaign in risk communication
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Norms/values, Customs/traditions/rituals, Communication, Attitudes toward authorities, Density of active citizenship, Social networks
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Red Cross, Active citizens, Local authorities, Government, NGOs
Example of ineffective communication by public institutions in a disaster setting
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Local knowledge, Communication, Livelihoods, Rule of law, Attitudes toward authorities, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Government, National civil protection body, Local authorities, Military
Interdependency between different communication channels
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Communication
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Response, Recovery, Preparedness, All disaster phases
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs, Active citizens
Citizen involvement experiments concerning the prevention and preparedness stage
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens
First steps of the participatory approach
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Power relations, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: All disaster phases, Preparedness, Prevention, Recovery, Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens
Community-based disaster management in central Vietnam
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Access and use of infrastructure/services
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Government, Non-active citizens
Crowdsourcing in mapping natural disasters
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Entrepreneurs, Non-active citizens, NGOs
The Community Flood Assessment crowdsourcing map
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities
Popular knowledge definition
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: All disaster phases, Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National research bodies
Developing innovative technologies for water management
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National civil protection body
The EMSC crowdsource earthquakes detector
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Social networks
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National civil protection body
The Citizens Observatories collection and utilization of citizen information
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Attitudes toward environmental issues
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, National civil protection body, UN and other international organisations
Environmental monitoring campaigns with citizens and NGOs
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: All disaster phases, Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: NGOs, Non-active citizens, National research bodies
Media roles in empowering citizens in the Czech Republic
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Response
Types of Actors Concerned: Media, National civil protection body, Active citizens
The organisational network of the Territorial Coordination Master Plan of the Province of Potenza
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Social networks, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards
Disaster Phases: Preparedness
Types of Actors Concerned: Active citizens, National civil protection body, Local authorities
The EU-funded Citi-Sense project on data gathering strategies
30.09.2018
Cultural Factors: Communication, Attitudes toward environmental issues, Local knowledge
Hazards: Natural hazards, Man-made non-intentional hazards or emergency situations, Man-made intentional hazards
Disaster Phases: All disaster phases, Preparedness, Prevention, Response, Recovery
Types of Actors Concerned: All types of actors, Local authorities, Active citizens, Entrepreneurs, Media, Government, National research bodies, Red Cross, NGOs, Military, Law enforcement agencies, European Civil Protection Mechanism, National civil protection body, Healthcare and emergency services, Non-active citizens, UN and other international organisations