Rural hazard risk communication and public education: Strategic and tactical best practices

Perspectives on education, children and young people in disaster risk reduction

“…Disaster Risk Reduction has emerged as a growing area of emphasis within the field of disaster and emergency management [7]. Its multi-disciplinary nature highlights the complexity of the field and presents the challenge of its own definition.…”

Awareness Workshop as an Effective Tool and Approach for Education in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Tamil Nadu, India

“…However, it is difficult to engage the public with regard to programs like emergency preparedness, as rural residents perceive the information as redundant [10] even though all the available knowledge resources will be fruitful only when the information reaches the society/community and brings positive changes to them by creating safer communities that are more empowered and resilient, which have self-help capacities to respond appropriately to the disasters yet to come. Thus, it is always recommended that planning and designing educational programs should focus on the risk and vulnerabilities of a particular community, the feasible risk reduction activities that can be implemented, and how these measures can improve the community's social, economic, physical (resilience) status if they are adopted.…”

“…It is always better to implement DRR activities and community resilience-enhancing activities through, or along with local bodies (making the community the "core group") and whoever is working at the grass-root levels, (which may vary by place and region and within different regions of the same country); they are more likely to know the geographical, economic, and social background in detail [7][8][9]. Moreover, there is a growing recognition that to be successful, such DRR efforts should encompass the knowledge and perspectives of local communities and citizens [10]. Thus, the main objective of the paper is to discuss about the educational tool prepared and its application in field by conducting the awareness workshop to illustrate its use in "real world" circumstances as well as its efficiency and limitations.…”

19th International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development 2018". Rural Development and Entrepreneurship Production and Co-operation in Agriculture

“…The technogenic risk management is an urgent problem all over the world and Latvia is not an exception. Efforts in the field of disaster and emergency management have shifted towards a focus on disaster risk reduction with the overall goal of increasing capacities in both rural and urban contexts (Cole, 2014). Imbalance in social awareness of ecological and technogenic Previous studies on the relation between real and perceived risks were analysed by the challenge response model.…”