KnowRISK on Seismic Risk Communication: the set-up of a participatory strategy

KnowRISK (Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements) is a European project that addresses prevention measures to reduce non-structural damage caused by earthquakes. It is built on risk communication and takes action on pilot areas of the three participating countries: Portu...

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Published in:Disasters
Main Authors: Musacchio, Gemma, Falsaperla, Susanna, Piangiamore, Giovanna Lucia, Solarino, Stefano, Crescimbene, Massimo, Pino, Nicola Alessandro, Eva, Elena
Other Authors: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione AC, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione ONT, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Risk communication
non-structural components
earthquake hazard
seismic risk reduction
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.11. Seismic risk
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2122/11392
http://icesd.hi.is/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AID_47.pdf
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Summary:KnowRISK (Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements) is a European project that addresses prevention measures to reduce non-structural damage caused by earthquakes. It is built on risk communication and takes action on pilot areas of the three participating countries: Portugal, Iceland, and Italy. The setting up of risk communication strategies in the project stands on the understanding local communities fragility, on their direct engagement, and on a holistic approach to vulnerability. The level of relevance of seismic compared to other hazards, the understanding, the memory of past disasters are indicators that affect the way a risk is perceived and preventive measures are taken. Similarly, the level of education, wealth, exposure to other, social, risks are aggravation parameters in risk computation to be accounted for when we communicate risk. Strategies for risk communication in KnowRISK rely on schools and citizen’s engagement, citizen’s science activities, tools for raising awareness. Published Reykjavik, Iceland 2TM. Divulgazione Scientifica

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