European Research Projects on Disaster Resilient Societies
The following tables present related networks of EU research projects on Disaster Resilience Societies (DRS)
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
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||
| ENGAGE | THE project IS aiming to engage society for risk awareness and resilience
We analyze 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. |
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DRS02 Cluster
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| 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 --- Website not available anymore |
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| 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 |