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View article: Reframing Citizen Participation: Turning Barriers into Guiding Enablers
Reframing Citizen Participation: Turning Barriers into Guiding Enablers Open
Citizen science is increasingly recognized as a potential catalyst for sustainability transitions, climate action, and behavioral change by fostering collaboration between scientists and the public. While it offers benefits such as mutual …
View article: Turning regret into future disaster preparedness with no regrets
Turning regret into future disaster preparedness with no regrets Open
Global efforts are focusing on long-term preparedness for disasters, highlighting the need to make well-informed decisions in advance to avoid panic behaviour when a disaster strikes. Making well-informed decisions includes the evaluation …
View article: A No-Regrets Framework for Sustainable Individual and Collective Flood Preparedness Under Uncertainty
A No-Regrets Framework for Sustainable Individual and Collective Flood Preparedness Under Uncertainty Open
Why should we prepare for a flood which might never happen? Uncertainty around potential future hazards significantly limits citizens’ disaster preparedness, as it influences decision-making and action-taking greatly. To bridge this knowle…
View article: The I-CHANGE Dashboard: A tool for raising awareness and triggering behavioural change
The I-CHANGE Dashboard: A tool for raising awareness and triggering behavioural change Open
As urban areas face increasing threats from climate change, citizen science has emerged as an important tool to engage communities in monitoring and responding to environmental challenges, thus filling in the gap which existing tools are n…
View article: Our Climate Story: Exploring local climate challenges and solutions through serious gaming
Our Climate Story: Exploring local climate challenges and solutions through serious gaming Open
Cities are disproportionately affected by climate change due to their dense populations, concentrated infrastructure, and unique urban microclimates, which can exacerbate climate risks such as heatwaves, air pollution, and flooding. The Eu…
View article: Indoor heat in Amsterdam during a heatwave: Comparing observed indoor air temperatures from a professional network and from a citizen science approach
Indoor heat in Amsterdam during a heatwave: Comparing observed indoor air temperatures from a professional network and from a citizen science approach Open
Ongoing climate change is increasing summertime temperatures, and frequency and intensity of heatwaves in Europe, which can threaten human health. Relatively little is known about how quickly outdoor heat penetrates into residences during …
View article:  ChallengeYeti App: Bridging the Knowledge-Action Gap through Gamification and Digital Engagement 
 ChallengeYeti App: Bridging the Knowledge-Action Gap through Gamification and Digital Engagement  Open
Climate change mitigation campaigns aim to raise awareness, increase knowledge, and communicate actions for reducing carbon footprints. Unfortunately, these top-down campaigns often fail to engage the public effectively. To address this is…
View article: Surprise floods: the role of our imagination in preparing for disasters
Surprise floods: the role of our imagination in preparing for disasters Open
What's the worst that could happen? After a flood has devastated communities, those affected, the news media, and the authorities often say that what happened was beyond our imagination. Imagination encompasses the picturing of a situation…
View article: The Impact of Spatial Resolutions on Nature-Based Solution Suitability Mapping for Europe
The Impact of Spatial Resolutions on Nature-Based Solution Suitability Mapping for Europe Open
Flooding events, like in Germany in 2021, highlight the need for re-naturalising banks of rivers and streams to naturally mitigate future flooding. To identify potential areas for Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), the NBS Toolkit—a decision-su…
View article: Turning regret into future disaster preparedness with no-regrets
Turning regret into future disaster preparedness with no-regrets Open
Global efforts are focusing on long-term preparedness for disasters highlighting the need for taking well-informed decisions in advance to avoid panic behaviour when a disaster strikes. Taking well-informed decisions includes the evaluatio…
View article: Reply on RC2
Reply on RC2 Open
Abstract. What’s the worst that could happen? After a flood has devasted communities, those people affected, the news media, and the authorities often say that what happened was beyond our imagination. Imagination encompasses the picturing…
View article: Reply on RC1
Reply on RC1 Open
Abstract. What’s the worst that could happen? After a flood has devasted communities, those people affected, the news media, and the authorities often say that what happened was beyond our imagination. Imagination encompasses the picturing…
View article: Health integration in climate-related policies: evidence and gaps in the EU policy context  
Health integration in climate-related policies: evidence and gaps in the EU policy context   Open
Climate change represents the greatest threat to human health, with both direct and indirect effects.  The direct increase of deaths, due to extreme weather and climate events, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases related t…
View article: Surprise floods: the role of our imagination in preparing for disasters
Surprise floods: the role of our imagination in preparing for disasters Open
What’s the worst that could happen? After a flood has devasted communities, those people affected, the news media, and the authorities often say that what happened was beyond our imagination. Imagination encompasses the picturing of a situ…
View article: Challenges for a Better Use of Crowdsourcing Information in Climate Emergency Situational Awareness and Early Warning Systems
Challenges for a Better Use of Crowdsourcing Information in Climate Emergency Situational Awareness and Early Warning Systems Open
This chapter focuses on the challenges and solutions identified in ANYWHERE for a better use of crowd-generated content in climate emergency situational awareness and early warning systems. In this regard, it briefly introduces the concept…
View article: Risk social contracts: Exploring responsibilities through the lens of citizens affected by flooding in Germany in 2021
Risk social contracts: Exploring responsibilities through the lens of citizens affected by flooding in Germany in 2021 Open
Citizen priorities, needs, and rights have been moving to the centre of ‘good’ risk management and governance in theory, but what is their role in practice? The disastrous impacts of the flooding event across Western Europe in 2021 highlig…
View article: How citizens perceived the flooding in Germany in 2021 and which actions they took
How citizens perceived the flooding in Germany in 2021 and which actions they took Open
The flooding event in Germany in 2021 caused fatal and devastating consequences for the citizens, economy, infrastructure, and more. Research has been focusing on analyzing the meteorological and hydrological aspects of the flooding, the e…
View article: What does the public talk about climate change, climate-health stressors, and citizen science?  
What does the public talk about climate change, climate-health stressors, and citizen science?   Open
<p><span><span>Social media is increasingly scraped to extract </span></span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span>informatio</span><span>n</span>&…
View article: Quantifying co-benefits and disbenefits of Nature-based Solutions targeting Disaster Risk Reduction
Quantifying co-benefits and disbenefits of Nature-based Solutions targeting Disaster Risk Reduction Open
Nature-based Solutions function (NBS) as an umbrella concept for ecosystem-based approaches that are an alternative to traditional engineering solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction. Their rising popularity is explained partly by their enta…
View article: User-driven platform to facilitate community data access, collaboration, and knowledge sharing on Nature-Based Solutions as mitigation measures for hydro-meteorological hazards
User-driven platform to facilitate community data access, collaboration, and knowledge sharing on Nature-Based Solutions as mitigation measures for hydro-meteorological hazards Open
<p>In the context of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation, Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are being increasingly recognized and promoted as viable measures against hydro-meteorological hazards, while also being able t…