Global citizens and world heritage: Social inclusion of online communities in heritage planning

Social inclusion has grown as an important goal for heritage planning over the past decades. Whilst the document Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape called a decade ago for novel tools for civic engagement and knowledge documentation, social media already functions as a platform for online communities to actively get involved in...

The Development of the Basin Wide System of Flood Warning

An effective and reliable system of flood forecasting and warning dissemination should be set up to inform, at respective level, authorities responsible for flood defence and citizens in threatened areas. Classical and new media such as sirens, formal warnings, state and private broadcasting services, satellite-based communication system, alarm...

Recommendations for flood risk management with communities at risk

The paper draws lessons from our empirical investigations in Germany, Italy and England/Wales in a very specific perspective: It formulates recommendations for flood risk management with people at risk. Thus it tries to shed light on the views of this important – but often neglected – group of stakeholders. Our addressees are flood risk...

Awareness of and preparedness for storm-surges in a coastal community on the North Sea

Risk awareness and personal preparedness are seen to be important parameters in an integrated risk management scheme today. This study is contributing to the knowledge base about the perception of risk. Regarding the risk of storm-surges, an assessment of the perception and the status of personal preparedness of the people are addressed in an...