Fostering Geoethics in Flood Risk Reduction: Lessons Learned from the EU Project LIFE PRIMES

Geosciences

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Fausto Marincioni¹  Eleonora Gioia¹  Cristina Casareale¹  Alessandra Colocci¹  Maria Teresa Carone¹  Noemi Marchetti¹ 

[1] Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy;

关键词: flood risk;    disaster reduction;    community engagement;    geoethics;    Italy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/geosciences12030131

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Despite the concrete evidence of human responsibilities with the ongoing environmental crisis, tangible changes toward low disaster-risk development models are slow in coming and delayed in implementation. This paper discusses the principles of geoethics underpinning flood risk reduction by analyzing the results of the EU project LIFE PRIMES (Preventing flooding RIsks by Making resilient communitiES). Through the administration of a questionnaire, issues of flood literacy, effective communication and individual responsibility concerning flood hazard and exposure were investigated. Directly engaging local communities, the LIFE PRIMES project appears to have increased citizens attention toward environmental ethics, thus providing an encouraging perspective for appropriate human–environment interaction.

【 授权许可】

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