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Titel |
First level inspection by trained-volunteers of torrent control structures in mountainous catchments: Towards a quality-evaluation of data collected |
VerfasserIn |
V. Juliette Cortes, Marie Charrière, Zar-Chi Aye, Giulia Bossi, Alessia Viero, Simone Frigerio, Luca Schenato, Simone Sterlacchini, Thom Bogaard, Alessandro Pasuto |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2013
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Medientyp |
Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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Digitales Dokument |
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Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 15 (2013) |
Datensatznummer |
250076141
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Zusammenfassung |
Modern approaches for emergency management promote exchange of information between local
authorities and community aiming at more appropriate and effective ways to manage hydro-meteorological
risks1. In
this framework, risk communication should not only start during the build-up of the hazard, but
also in pre-warning and ‘peace’ time and it contribute to better emergency preparedness. Lately,
a rapid growth of interest emerges to enable citizens to inspect hazard-related processes on their
territory2.
From the risk managers perspective, substantial advantages of taking this citizen-based
approach include (1) the opportunity to identify on a quick and ‘relatively’ low
cost basis one or more risk components at different geographical locations and (2)
the ability to provide a practical application for citizens interested in creating and
communicating useful information toward establishing a better understanding of their
territory. From the citizens perspectives, it provides the opportunity to generate
benefit through increasing and encouraging interest for self-awareness as well as
self-preparedness. However, the use of citizen-based information also bring forth the need to
train and establish standardized forms, guidelines and tools, particularly if the data
collected seek to be useful information for decision-making activities and emergency
management3.
In this research work, we address the question on the quality of data collected by volunteers
for decision-making activities. This in the framework of the civil protection organization of the
Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (CP-FVG) and the Italian study area of the CHANGES project, Municipality
of Pontebba4.
An experiment is carried out by analyzing the results of a questionnaire form dealing with
the inspection of the functional status of check dams and bridges across streams.
This form is filled by volunteers (in this case, citizens and university students), that
register to a web-portal with access by browser after a standardized training given by
practitioners and scientists. During the latter, the guidelines to fill the questionnaire,
i.e. various conditions of hydraulic structures and the proposed criteria for quality
evaluation5,
will be disseminated to the volunteers. The quality of the data are analyzed on the
basis of these guidelines in order to determine if the citizens-based data collection
approach can be used to prioritize the structures to be inspected by the risk managers. |
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