European Research Projects on Disaster Resilient Societies

The following tables present related networks of EU research projects on Disaster Resilience Societies (DRS)

Disaster resilient societies

In a context of growing risks from anthropogenic and natural hazards faced by our society, the objective of the EU Disaster Resilient Society for Europe (DRS) security research activities is to support disaster risk management and governance through enhanced capacities, technologies for first responders and overall societal resilience. In this respect, new technologies, tools and methods are required to tackle different types of risks such as extreme weather events (floods, heat waves, storms, forest fires), geological hazards (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) and slow-onset hazards (sea-level rise), as well as industrial accidents and intentional man-made threats, in particular those related to CBRN-E (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive). Research outputs will contribute to reducing disaster risks that are regulated by numerous international, EU and national policies and strategies covering various sectors (civil protection, environment, climate change, health and security) and include features such as awareness raising, prevention, preparedness, monitoring and detection, response, and recovery.

Resilience is defined by the United Nations as “the ability to resist, absorb and accommodate to the effects of a hazard, in a timely and efficient manner”. Thus, resilient communities are those in which their citizens, environment, businesses, and infrastructures have the capacity to withstand, adapt, and recover in a timely manner from any kind of hazards they face, either planned or unplanned. In recent years efforts have been spent to tackle resilience and there is, still, a long path forward in defining an EU valid and sound approach to the problem.

DRS01 Cluster

Network	Description	Website	Facebook	Twitter
Builders	BuildERS works on increasing the societal resilience and social capital of European communities and citizens. Objective 1 Providing an understanding of and how the most vulnerable people exposed to risks and threats understand risks, prepare for and behave individually and collectively in crisis. Objective 2 Creating knowledge to empower and activate first-responders, policy makers, administrators, public and private service providers and citizens. Objective 3 Analysing and providng insights on how new technologies and media could improve disaster resilience of societies. Objective 4 Providing policy recommendations to the relevant stakeholders to maximize the usability and reliability of social media in disasters and recovery processes	Website	Facebook	Twitter
CORE	CORE (sCience& human factOr for Resilient sociEty) is a multi-disciplinary consortium established to understand how to define common metrics with respect to the different natural and man-made disaster scenarios, and how to measure, control and mitigate the impact on the populations, particularly on vulnerable groups: disabled, elderly, poor, as well as women and children.	Website		Twitter
ENGAGE	ENGAGE is aiming to engage society for risk awareness and resilience It analyzes past natural emergencies, terrorist attacks, and man-made disasters to understand how citizens supported formal intervention practices during emergencies under specific contextual conditions. ENGAGE addresses the whole society and tries to bridge the different ways of intervention to make communities more skilled in responding to disasters jointly and therefore more resilient.	Website	Facebook	Twitter
LINKS	LINKS “Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience” is a comprehensive study on disaster governance in Europe. The overall aim of the LINKS project is to strengthen links between technologies and society for improved European disaster resilience, by producing sustainable advanced learning on the use of social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) in disasters. In recent years, social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) have been integrated into crisis management for improved information gathering and collaboration across European communities. The effectiveness of SMCS on European disaster resilience, however, remains unclear owing to the diversity among disaster risk perception and vulnerability (DRPV), disaster management processes (DMP) and disaster community technologies (DCT) across Europe today.	Website	Facebook	Twitter
RESILOC	Resilient Europe and Societies by Innovating Local Communities RESILOC aims at studying and implementing a holistic framework of studies, methods and software instruments that combines the physical with the less tangible aspects associated with human behavior	Website	Facebook	Twitter
RISKPACC	IntegratingRisk Perception and Action to enhance Civil protection-Citizen interaction RiskPACC focuses on increasing disaster resilience across society by closing the so-called Risk Perception Action Gap (RPAG) and aims to provide an understanding of disaster resilience from the perspective of citizens and Civil Protection Authorities (CPAs), identifying resilience building initiatives and good practices led by both citizens and CPAs	Website		Twitter

DRS02 Cluster

Network	Description	Website	Facebook	Twitter
ASSISTANCE	Adapted Situation AwareneSS tools and taIlored training scenarios for increaSing capabiliTies and enhANcing the proteCtion of First RespondErs Aims to help and protect different kind of first responders’ organizations that work together taking into account the type of disaster/crisis they are mitigating in each moment Project ended in July 2022 --- Project Website not available anymore	Website		Twitter
CURSOR	CURSOR will develop a Search and Rescue Kit using drones, miniaturised robotic equipment, and advanced sensors reducing time for detection and rescue of victims trapped under debris while increasing the personal safety of the SaR teams	Website		Twitter