Project description
Engaging residents in disaster preparedness training
The 2021 European floods, which claimed the lives of 243 people, served as a significant indicator of the far-reaching impact of climate change. These floods caused catastrophic damage to some of the most technologically advanced countries in the region. They also highlighted a notable fact: despite the extensive advancement of disaster maps and preparedness measures throughout Europe, the lack of individual preventive behaviour had a significant impact. In response to this issue, the MSCA-funded MEDiME project aims to mitigate the disadvantages posed by this lack. It seeks to achieve this by developing a crucial theoretical framework to motivate and engage residents in disaster training and preparedness. Additionally, the project focuses on continuously improving the effectiveness of such training.
Objective
"""We should not be seeing this number of people dying in 2021 from floods. It just should not be happening."" Hydrologist H. Cloke’s words echoed the widespread shock following the death of 243 people in some of the wealthiest and most technologically advanced countries in the world during the European 2021 floods. Extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in the future (IPCC). As communities grow more exposed to hazard risks, in addition to state preparedness and urban resilience, it is urgent to address public involvement in disaster preparedness (DP) measures to promote individual preventive behaviour (SFDRR 2015-2030). Despite EU advances in Disaster Maps (DM) tools and disaster management procedures of community professionalisation, DM are used mostly by expert stakeholders but are seldom user-friendly for citizens, and current DP initiatives suffer from limited public motivation and engagement. People do not exist in a vacuum and social and cultural dynamics play a crucial role in defining risk and motivation to engage in DP. Thus, DP strategies should include a systematic assessment of the impact of socio-cultural and spatial factors on peoples’ motivation and engagement in DP to inform better disaster training. The Motivation and Engagement in Disaster Mapping in Europe (MEDiME) project proposes a theoretical framework of motivation and engagement and a new disaster training based on interactive HM to investigate motivation and engagement in DP and the use of DM for foreign residents. An original socio-cultural and spatial model to understand people’s motivation to participate in DP initiatives based on the Japanese DP research and measures will be implemented, for Japan has always been at the forefront of DP for high levels of community engagement and mainstreamed DM. Project results will increase the impact of EU DP strategies, and inform useful DM uses for the broader public."
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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7522 NB Enschede
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