Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale
People living in areas of significant seismic risk seldom undertake sufficient preparations to safeguard their families. This is most problematic in remote communities such as those along the Dead Sea Fault, Israel, where self-reliance is a key factor in coping with disasters. To facilitate individu...
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| description | People living in areas of significant seismic risk seldom undertake sufficient preparations to safeguard their families. This is most problematic in remote communities such as those along the Dead Sea Fault, Israel, where self-reliance is a key factor in coping with disasters. To facilitate individual and familial involvement in earthquake preparedness in remote areas, we designed a tool for self-assessment of risk and preparedness. The personalized risk assessment is based on national hazard and building standards, and on personal input regarding structure characteristics. The risk and preparedness evaluations enhance awareness and provide immediate feedback to help users improve familial preparedness. The spatial analysis of the data collected is used to form high-resolution maps that expose specific challenges for emergency responses. A study conducted in the town of Mitzpe Ramon exposed neighborhoods with a relatively high risk of damage and low preparedness. Integrating these results with seasonal stress-factors such as peak tourism and extreme weather, provides new and important insights into the ability of the local community and emergency forces to cope with multihazard situations. An analysis of the heterogeneous distribution of expected hardship within a community should be implemented worldwide to improve risk mitigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7389f9c79448414f9e2741267f19afe02023-11-22T02:39:45ZengMDPI AGGeoHazards2624-795X2021-06-012212013610.3390/geohazards2020007Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood ScaleYaron Finzi0Noam Ganz1Yoash Limon2Sebastian Langer3Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Mitzpe Ramon 8060000, IsraelDead Sea and Arava Science Center, Mitzpe Ramon 8060000, IsraelDead Sea and Arava Science Center, Mitzpe Ramon 8060000, IsraelFioscope GmbH, Dresden, 01705 Freital, GermanyPeople living in areas of significant seismic risk seldom undertake sufficient preparations to safeguard their families. This is most problematic in remote communities such as those along the Dead Sea Fault, Israel, where self-reliance is a key factor in coping with disasters. To facilitate individual and familial involvement in earthquake preparedness in remote areas, we designed a tool for self-assessment of risk and preparedness. The personalized risk assessment is based on national hazard and building standards, and on personal input regarding structure characteristics. The risk and preparedness evaluations enhance awareness and provide immediate feedback to help users improve familial preparedness. The spatial analysis of the data collected is used to form high-resolution maps that expose specific challenges for emergency responses. A study conducted in the town of Mitzpe Ramon exposed neighborhoods with a relatively high risk of damage and low preparedness. Integrating these results with seasonal stress-factors such as peak tourism and extreme weather, provides new and important insights into the ability of the local community and emergency forces to cope with multihazard situations. An analysis of the heterogeneous distribution of expected hardship within a community should be implemented worldwide to improve risk mitigation.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-795X/2/2/7community resiliencerisk reductiondisaster responsepreparednessseasonality in emergency |
| spellingShingle | Yaron Finzi Noam Ganz Yoash Limon Sebastian Langer Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale GeoHazards community resilience risk reduction disaster response preparedness seasonality in emergency |
| title | Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale |
| title_full | Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale |
| title_fullStr | Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale |
| title_short | Improving Community Resilience and Emergency Plans by Mapping Risk and Preparedness at the Neighborhood Scale |
| title_sort | improving community resilience and emergency plans by mapping risk and preparedness at the neighborhood scale |
| topic | community resilience risk reduction disaster response preparedness seasonality in emergency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-795X/2/2/7 |
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