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A Survey on Emergency Preparedness of EU citizens
Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis
author
Lachlan MacKinnon
author
Liz Bacon
author
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
English
Population preparedness plays a crucial role in disaster management since it can help reduce the number of victims and restrict damage. Nevertheless, little work has been done at a European level towards preparing populations to learn how to cope with disasters and involving them in the disaster management process. In this paper we present the preliminary results of an on-line emergency preparedness survey circulated among EU citizens, which aims to identify and analyse people?s behaviour in terms of preparedness, first reaction, risk awareness and willingness to engage in preparedness actions. Our preliminary analysis, based on over 1200 participants, indicates that although EU populations have a high capability for participation in emergency response, their preparedness level is low. We also found that national differences are a significant factor affecting individual preparedness behaviour and awareness of risks.
Emergency preparedness
on-line survey
risk awareness
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AvgoustinosFilippoupolitis_etal2015
ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2015
L. Palen
editor
M. Buscher
editor
T. Comes
editor
A. Hughes
editor
ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2015
University of Agder (UiA)
Kristiansand, Norway
conference publication
9788271177881
2411-3387
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