Participatory Risk Communication Method for Risk Governance Using Disaster Risk Scenarios

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 442-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinari Nagasaka ◽  
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Hiroaki Tsubokawa ◽  
Yuichiro Usuda ◽  
Shingo Nagamatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Base Point ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Communication Method ◽  
Prevention System

The capability of resident-led responses to disasters has declined in recent years due to rapid changes in social and urban structures in Japan. In order to improve regional disaster prevention capabilities with regard to disaster risk, which includes a multitude of uncertainties induced by societal changes, it is necessary to reorganize conventional ways of disaster risk management from top-down to bottom-up principle of complementarity with residents as the base point. A multilayered disaster prevention system, corresponded to the diversity of local self-governing activities by residents in ordinary times, would improve regional capabilities for disaster prevention and also increase the likelihood that these capabilities could be expressed in the response at the time of a disaster. This is what we postulate in this paper as a new mode of 'disaster risk governance'. The effectiveness of this postulation will be verified based on a case study of the disaster response by residents in the Kitajo district of Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture at the time of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, which occurred on July 16, 2007. On that basis, we have developed a new disaster risk communication method in which residents and other stakeholders can ; i) develop an awareness of the current situation of the disaster risk governance structure and related problems, ii) organize a variety of district self-government networks in ordinary times, iii) build a multilayered disaster prevention system that makes use of those networks and other local resources for disaster prevention, and iv) link these efforts to specific disaster prevention activities. To confirm its effectiveness, we have applied this method to the residents-led workshops with voluntary disaster prevention organizations in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Handeln vor der Katastrophe als politische Herausforderung

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Prokopf
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Political Action ◽  
National Level ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
The Eu

How do we as a society cope with future hazards? In an increasing number of German policy areas, ‘risk’ is a key term in important policy documents. Risk may then give rise to the idea of risk governance, which implies the analysis, assessment and management of risks in a sustained societal process. This conceptualisation of risk governance allows us to normatively focus political action on disaster prevention instead of on coping with disasters after they have occurred. This study analyses policy translation from an international to a national level in terms of the EU flood risk management directive, the approach to risk analysis used by the German Federal Agency for civil protection and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction to find out if the potential of risk governance is being exploited and how extensively responsibility is being transferred from the state to citizens in this process. Finally, the author concludes that several important factors hinder a normative shift towards disaster prevention.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF RISK COMMUNICATION METHOD ON EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREVENTION ACTIVITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 3_50-3_67
Author(s):  
Tai-young YI ◽  
Hitoshi TAGUCHI ◽  
Yuichiro USUDA ◽  
Toshinari NAGASAKA ◽  
Hiroaki TSUBOKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Communication Method ◽  
Prevention Activity

scholarly journals Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Kunguma ◽  
Mosekama O. Mokhele ◽  
Mercia Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Accurate Perception ◽  
National Disaster

The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, in particular risk communication, remained unexploited until the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The legislation and policy mandate a proactive approach for disaster management, requiring a focus on disaster risk reduction. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the significance of risk communication as a critical prevention and mitigatory strategy in disaster risk management, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Key to risk communication success is ensuring adequate comprehension, accurate perception of the disseminated information, and compliance with regulations. Questions of trustworthiness, acceptability, effectiveness, and usefulness of messages and strategies communicated sought answers from the Bloemfontein population. Furthermore, the Agenda-setting Theory provided the grounding for the study. The study sample was picked in a stratified random sampling manner, using the confidence level and margin of error equation. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the data required to achieve the research objectives. Risk communication as a disaster risk reduction strategy implemented concurrently with imposed regulations was found to have played a vital role in mitigating the virus spread. However, the respondents were not aware of the local disaster management centre, which is supposed to be engaged in COVID-19 disaster management activities.

scholarly journals Disaster Risk Governance in Indonesia and Myanmar: The Practice of Co-Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annisa Gita Srikandini ◽  
Dorothea Hilhorst ◽  
Roanne Van Voorst
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Competitive System ◽  
Governance Institutions

This article discusses the discourse and practice of co-governance in disaster risk reduction (DRR). It is based on an extensive ethnographic study of DRR at global level and in two disaster-prone countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia and Myanmar. These country cases were selected not only because of their similarly high vulnerability to disasters, but also because the overlaps and differences between them in disaster governance allowed for a comparative study of the impacts of co-governance in DRR. Indonesia is characterised by a longer history with democratic governance institutions and a largely national-led response to disasters; Myanmar has only started to develop DRR in the last 10 years, and its policies are still largely led by international actors. In both countries, disaster response has shifted from being top-down and state-centred to following a co-governance approach. This reflects a worldwide trend in DRR, the idea being that co-governance, where different state and non-state stakeholders are involved in governance networks, will lead to more inclusive and effective DRR. Our findings suggest that, in Myanmar and Indonesia, DRR has indeed become more inclusive. However, at the same time, we find that DRR in both countries has remained highly hierarchical and state-centred. Although the possible gains of encouraging future initiatives among different actors negotiating disaster response is under-explored, we find that, to date, the multiplication of actors involved in DRR, especially within the state, has led to an increasingly complex, competitive system that negatively affects the ability to conduct DRR.

Crowd Disaster Risk Identification in Large Sport Venues

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 2125-2128
Author(s):  
Li Di Huang ◽  
Jiao Jiao Jia
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Trigger Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Building Safety ◽  
Sport Venues

A significant number of crowd accidents have occurred in sport venues in the past as well as recently. Statistics of crowd disasters were discussed and the results of time and location are 1509 deaths and 10642 injuries, incidence of crowd accidents in grandstand areas is up to 54%. Serious security risks still exist, and we should pay more attention to sports building safety. Different stages of accidents include crowd gathering, trigger factors, accident happened and rescue failure. Finally, crowd disaster risk in sport venues was identified. This paper aims to lay a foundation to improve comprehensive disaster prevention system in stadium.

scholarly journals Effect of Risk Communication Method on Earthquake Disaster Prevention Activity - A case study in Tsukuba City -

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1_63-1_76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai-young YI ◽  
Hitoshi TAGUCHI ◽  
Yuichiro USUDA ◽  
Toshinari NAGASAKA ◽  
Hiroaki TSUBOKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Communication Method ◽  
Prevention Activity

Roles of Non-Government Organizations in Disaster Risk Reduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonatan A. Lassa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Different Levels

The collaborative disaster risk governance framework promises better collaboration between governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, and communities at risks. In the context of modern disaster risk reduction systems, the key triadic institutions, namely government (state), the private sector (business/market), and NGOs (civil society), have been gradually transforming their ecosystem to utilize more proactive disaster response strategies, equipped with professional staff and technical experts and armed with social and humanitarian imperatives to reduce the risks of disasters. While the roles of governments and public actions have received greater attention in disaster and emergency management studies, recent shifts in attention to promote bolder engagements of both non-governmental organizations and business communities in risk reduction can be seen as a necessary condition for the future resilience of society. Historically speaking, NGOs have exercised models of moral imperative whereby they build their relevancy and legitimacy to address gaps and problems at global and local levels. NGOs have been part of the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) ecosystem as they continue to shape both humanitarian emergencies action and the DRR agenda at different levels where their presence is needed and valued and their contribution is uniquely recognized. This article exemplifies the roles of NGOs at different levels and arenas ranging from local to international disaster risk reduction during the last 70 years, especially since World War II. It also provides examples of potential roles of NGOs under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2030.

A status quo analysis of disaster risk reduction policy and legislation in Cameroon

foresight ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E.A. Ashu ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
The Status

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the status quo of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and legislation in Cameroon. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative method, this paper examines historical data from sectoral administrative reports, plans, declarations, commitments and speeches, texts and peer-reviewed journals on disaster and risk management in Cameroon for the period 1967-2017. Empirical data from ten selected government sectors were used to analyze the status quo, together with quantitative data collected by using four instruments (i.e. HFA Priority 1 & 4, USAID Toolkit, GOAL Resilience Score and the Checklist on Law and DRR). Findings Findings show that Cameroon largely still practices disaster response through the Department of Civil Protection. Transparency and accountability are the sine qua non of the state, but the lack thereof causes improper implementation of DRR within development institutions. DRR is seen as an ad hoc activity, with the result that there is not effective institutional capacity for implementation. The need to develop a new national DRR framework is evident. Originality/value Analyzing the status quo of DRR in Cameroon could assist with the review and reevaluation of a new DRR framework within the Cameroonian territory.

scholarly journals Characterizing Risk Communication and Awareness for Sustainable Society: The Case of Foreign Residents in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area of Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5786
Author(s):  
Bismark Adu-Gyamfi ◽  
Rajib Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
The World

Many disasters occur in Japan, and therefore many initiatives to educate and integrate foreign residents into its society to overcome systematic barriers and enhance disaster preparedness have been implemented. Nevertheless, studies have highlighted foreign residents as a vulnerable group who are at risk of disasters in the country. The country anticipates and prepares for potential mega-disasters in the future; therefore, effective risk communication is vital to creating the required awareness and preparation. Therefore, this study looked at the changing foreigner–Japanese population mix in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to ascertain its level of diversity and risk communication characteristics. It used secondary and primary data to analyze how heterogeneity among foreigners translates into a different understanding of their awareness. The study reveals that the 23 special wards within the Tokyo Metropolitan area can be compared to other recognized diverse cities in the world, with Shinjuku city, Minato city, Arakawa, and Taito cities being the most heterogeneous cities in Tokyo. Nevertheless, diversity within foreign residents creates diversity in information-gathering preferences, disaster drill participation preferences, and the overall knowledge in disaster prevention. The study suggests the use of these preferences as a tool to promote targeted risk communication mechanisms.

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