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Local knowledge in empowerment processes

30.09.2018


Description of the EMSC app functions

30.09.2018


Speed of EMSC app usage across the globe

30.09.2018


Lack of knowledge of disaster guidelines and procedures found in a study with Bucharest residents

30.09.2018


LastQuake app user categories

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Communication, Attitudes toward the media, Social networks

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs

Culturally "neutral" adaptation of LastQuake app features

30.09.2018


LastQuake app safety tips usage in areas with seismic activity

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Access and use of infrastructure/services

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Response, Preparedness, Prevention

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs

LastQuake app safety tips usage differences between countries

30.09.2018


LastQuake app safety tips usage for first time users

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Worldviews, Local knowledge

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, NGOs

Importance of local experience In dealing with disasters

30.09.2018


Foreigners and tourists as vulnerable groups in a disaster

30.09.2018


Community leaders as gatekeepers in social networks

30.09.2018


Preparedness actions for all vulnerable groups during heat waves

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Age-related roles

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Healthcare and emergency services

Ethnic diversity contributes to collective community experience and knowledge on disaster preparedness and response

30.09.2018


EMSC (Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) tools for detecting felt earthquakes and for meeting witnesses' immediate information needs, via on social media, websites and a mobile app

30.09.2018


Relationships between Buddhism and disaster recovery

30.09.2018


Cultural and interest differences among LastQuake users

30.09.2018


Practical adaptation strategies for preventing disasters - the Singas example

30.09.2018


Local technical knowledge as cultural factor to mitigate risk

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Local authorities, Non-active citizens

Empowerment through traditions in farming, building and other land use

30.09.2018


The role of disaster experience in disaster response

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Individual/collective memory, Local knowledge

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Preparedness, Response

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens, Active citizens

Disaster experience as a factor in the decision to evacuate

30.09.2018


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

Enhancing and cultivating local capacities as a component of empowering communities in India

30.09.2018


Example of ineffective communication by public institutions in a disaster setting

30.09.2018


Differences in behaviour amongst different ethnic groups in a disaster is more likely to be linked to a lack of local knowledge rather than to cultural factors

30.09.2018


Interdependency between different communication channels

30.09.2018


Benefits of citizen volunteering and local knowledge

30.09.2018


First steps of the participatory approach

30.09.2018


A community's local knowledge has value in dealing with disasters

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Local knowledge, Norms/values

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Recovery, Response, All disaster phases

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

Capacities of local communities and their culture is important in defining their level of preparedness, response and recovery from a disaster

30.09.2018


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


Alternative knowledge strategies and local risk cultures are important in policy and decision-making processes, both for experts and non-experts

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Norms/values, Local knowledge

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

Popular explanations of threats and disasters are important to the cultures in question

30.09.2018


Cultural Factors: Local knowledge

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, All disaster phases

Types of Actors Concerned: Non-active citizens

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

Environmental monitoring campaigns with citizens and NGOs

30.09.2018


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

People with higher levels of education and higher incomes have a lower levels of trust in governments and higher levels of trust in scientific institutions

30.09.2018


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