KULTURISK – Knowledge-based approach to develop a cULTUre of Risk prevention

Start Date: Jan, 2011

End Date: Jan, 2013

Good Practices Thematic Area: Education Sociology

Good Practices Category

Awareness, Improved Resilience, Knowledge Transfer, Risk Reduction, Social Enhancement

Good Practices Summary

Study and communication of the benefitss of preventing risks rather tan curing them. Communication around the risk.

Mitigation

Risk mitigation through anticipation and prevention. Study and communication of the benefits of preventing risks rather than curing them.

Replicability/Knowledge Transfer

Develoment of a culture around the risk. Methdology f creation this culture apllied to all localities.

Resources

KULTURISK has produced tools for risk education. A series of computer-based exercises are available for download, designed for self-directed learning. LISFLOOD-FP is a digital model for flood risk mapping that was developed as part of the KULTURisk project. A simplified small-scale application of the KULTURisk methodology is presented.

Target Audience

Children and Young People, General Public, Local Authorities, Local Communities, Media, Policy Makers, Senior and Retired People

Policy Implications

High. Reinvolvement of all actors.

Social Dimension

raise public awareness, shape resident’s perception of local risks

Innovation Type

Guidelines, Methodology, Social

Innovation

New culture. Communication and communication tools