How could students be safe during flood and tsunami events?

Karpouza, Maria; Bathrellos, George D.; Κaviris, George; Antonarakou, Assimina; Skilodimou, Hariklia D.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103830

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“…In all these cases, data-driven approaches have emerged as a practical way to better understand the particularities of target cities and provide the most adequate services in each considered area [10], improving prediction, prevention, and actions during a flooding-related emergency, while paving the way for the construction of smart cities. Some researchers have been studying and developing data-driven methods for assessing flood risk in urban areas in order to verify which parts of a city are more prone to suffering a flooding event [11][12][13][14], potentially requiring more assistance. In such works, specific parameters of each studied city have been usually considered to perform the expected assessment, achieving relevant results.…”

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Flood-Resilient Smart Cities: A Data-Driven Risk Assessment Approach Based on Geographical Risks and Emergency Response Infrastructure

Peixoto,

Costa,

Portugal

et al. 2024

Smart Cities

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Flooding in urban areas is expected to become even more common due to climatic changes, putting pressure on cities to implement effective response measures. Practical mechanisms for assessing flood risk have become highly desired, but existing solutions have been devoted to evaluating only specific cities and consider only limited risk perspectives, constraining their general applicability. This article presents an innovative approach for assessing the flood risk of delimited urban areas by exploiting geospatial information from publicly available databases, providing a method that is applicable to any city in the world and requiring minimum configurations. A set of mathematical equations is defined for numerically assessing risk levels based on elevation, slope, and proximity to rivers, while the existence of emergency-related urban infrastructure is considered as a risk reduction factor. Then, computed risk levels are used to classify areas, allowing easy visualisation of flood risk for a city. This smart city approach not only serves as a valuable tool for assessing the expected flood risk based on different parameters but also facilitates the implementation of cutting-edge strategies to effectively mitigate critical situations, ultimately enhancing urban resilience to flood-related disaster.

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Flood-Resilient Smart Cities: A Data-Driven Risk Assessment Approach Based on Geographical Risks and Emergency Response Infrastructure

Peixoto,

Costa,

Portugal

et al. 2024

Smart Cities

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“…Disasters are defined as events that create a need for assistance at a national or international level, causing significant damage, destruction, and loss of life, typically occurring suddenly and unexpectedly (Şimşek and Gündüz 2021). The importance of mapping and creating safe areas for reducing the adverse effects of disasters is emphasised in studies (Karpouza et al 2021(Karpouza et al , 2023. The adverse impact of a disaster is determined by its magnitude and the adaptability and mechanisms of individuals in the face of the disaster.…”

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Earthquake knowledge level and sustainable earthquake awareness of university students

Turan Bayraktar,

Kefeli Çol,

Gümüşler Başaran

et al. 2024

Nat Hazards

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Health professionals have always had essential duties in earthquake events experienced from the past to the present. Possible earthquake expectations make sustainable earthquake awareness and attitudes of students, who are future healthcare professionals, influential. Therefore, this study aims to determine the relationship between the earthquake knowledge level of university students and their sustainable earthquake awareness levels. A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted in April 2023 with 546 students in the School of Health Services. Data were collected using the Student Information Form, Earthquake Knowledge Level Scale, and Sustainable Earthquake Awareness Scale. Percentage means standard deviations, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis analysis, Bonferroni correction, Tamhane’s T2 test, and Spearman correlation analysis were used for data evaluation. Before answering the study questions, informed consent was obtained from the students after obtaining ethical committee approval. Among the participants, 82.1% were female, with a mean age of 20.78 ± 2.17. 55.7% of the students had experienced an earthquake, 19.2% had lost a loved one in an earthquake, and 5.5% had participated in earthquake response efforts. Students’ earthquake knowledge level was found to be above the midpoint, while sustainable earthquake awareness was found to be below the midpoint. The level of earthquake knowledge, knowledge of the distribution of earthquake zones and knowledge of earthquake effects were higher in those who took part in the earthquake. In males, knowledge of the distribution of earthquake zones was significantly higher. Knowledge of earthquake effects was significantly higher in those who experienced an earthquake and those who lost a relative in an earthquake. A positively moderate and significant correlation was found between earthquake knowledge level and sustainable earthquake awareness. The earthquake knowledge level of the students is medium, while their sustainable earthquake awareness needs to be higher. As the level of earthquake knowledge increases, sustainable earthquake awareness rises. The effect of earthquake experience on knowledge and awareness shows that applied training will contribute to sustainable earthquake awareness in society.

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“…Schools located in unsafe locations should ensure that there are safe gathering points and shelters near the school area. Planning for safe evacuation locations and routes should be communicated to the community in order to reduce the impact of disasters, especially casualties [38]. Hazard maps are also very important in disaster risk reduction [39].…”

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Needs assessment: strategy of integration disaster education at elementary schools in disaster prone areas

Septikasari,

Retnawati,

Wilujeng

et al. 2024

EduLearn

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This research was conducted to analyze integration disaster education strategies in elementary schools located in disaster-prone areas. This research is qualitative research using descriptive design. This research used interview instrument in data collection. The respondents were 23 elementary school teachers in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The results found that the integration of disaster education is carried out through subjects, study tours, discussions, and simulations. Strategies implemented in the integration of disaster education with interesting learning media, disaster training, improvement of school facilities and infrastructure, updating school disaster documents, and cooperation with disaster management institutions. The integration disaster education model expected by teachers is in the form of a website that contains separate materials for teachers and students. The website is expected to contain simple material packaged in the form of pictures, videos, sounds, animations, games, quizzes and songs. Maximizing integration disaster education strategies can be done by improving the internal and external quality of schools. School support, cooperation with disaster management stakeholders, the active role of teachers, and the support of school principals' policies in preparing for integration disaster education learning is expected so that disaster education can be implemented sustainably.

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How could students be safe during flood and tsunami events?

Cited by 13 publications

References 76 publications

Flood-Resilient Smart Cities: A Data-Driven Risk Assessment Approach Based on Geographical Risks and Emergency Response Infrastructure

Flood-Resilient Smart Cities: A Data-Driven Risk Assessment Approach Based on Geographical Risks and Emergency Response Infrastructure

Earthquake knowledge level and sustainable earthquake awareness of university students

Needs assessment: strategy of integration disaster education at elementary schools in disaster prone areas

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