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The role of Citizen Observatories

in Crisis management and

disaster resilience

Alto Adriatico Water Authority

MICHELE FERRI

Venice

7-10 June 2016

M. Ferri - The role of Citizen Observatories in Crisis management

and disaster resilience

Summary

• The Hydrographic District of Eastern Alps

• The Flood Risk Management Plan

• The Citizen Observatories as

Preparedness Measures

• Education campaigns for technicians and

citizens

The Hydrographic District of Eastern Alps

extension of about 40,000

Km2

average rainfall ranges

from 700 to 3000 mm/year

The role of Citizen Observatories in Crisis management and disaster resilience

M. Ferri – Alto Adriatico Water Authority


14 Units of Management Transboundary basins

ISONZO RIVER

Surface ≅ 41.000 km2

People ≅7.100.000

Municipalities 1.100

VENICE

LAGOON

Venice



The Flood Risk Management Plan (FRMP) highlights the hazards and risks of

flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water,

groundwater and reservoirs, and set out how

Risk Management Authorities (RMAs) work

together with communities to manage flood risk

The role of Citizen Observatories in Crisis management and disaster resilience The role of Citizen Observatories in Crisis management and disaster resilience



approved the plan in March 2016

the Flood Risk Management Plan includes:

flood hazard and risk maps

objectives for the purpose of managing the

flood risk

proposed measures for achieving those

objectives


Implementation of the Flood Directive:

The Flood Risk Management Plan

5500 km

hydrographic network

investigated

3800 km

hydrographic network

modelled

280 km

coastline investigated

Hazard and Risk

Mapping activities






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Framework for risk assessment

Population Economic goods

Environmental and cultural heritage

Exposed and Vulnerability assets



Number of inhabitants

Protected areas

Cultural heritage

Economic activities

The flood risk

maps






Risk Assessment

Adaptive capacity

Coping capacity

Resilience

VULNERABILITY

Risk perception

Awareness Behaviors






Risk Assessment

presence of people, livelihoods, environmental

resources, or economic, social, or cultural assets

in places that could be adversely affected

EXPOSURE

Evacuation Assets

handling/

transfer




The Floods Directive (2007/60/CE), as the Water Framework Directive

(2000/60/EC), attributes to European citizens a key role in the

implementation of the Flood Managamente Plan;

Information Consultation Participation

People provided official observations regarding the implementation of

the Flood Management Plan

highest priority in the non-structural measures of prevention and preparedness






HUMAN HEALTH

ENVIRONMENT

CULTURAL

HERITAGE

ECONOMIC

ACTIVITIES

Preparedness Protection

Prevention

measures






The measures








In the Eastern Alps Hydrographic District, the citizen

observatory is promoted as a non structural mitigation

measure for flood risk in the implementation of the European

Flood Directive 2007/60/EC (preparedness measure M43_1)

According to the European Commission the project

WeSenseIt- Citizen Water Observatories

is one of the three examples of EU-funded projects that have

developed unique forecasting and alert systems to warn

communities of impending floods


Citizen Observatory



Citizens’ observatories are emerging as a means to establish

interaction and co-participation between citizens and authorities both during

emergencies but also during the day-to-day management

Authorities and citizens cooperate in:

sharing information about events and places

supporting a shared situation awareness, not only to improve response and

recovery, but also to improve prevention, protection and preparedness for future

emergency situations

implementing new approaches to participation in planning, decision making

and governance


Citizen Observatory



It's a virtual place of the two-way communication between citizens and

decision-making authorities

It’s the decision support at all stages of the floods management

process: preparedness, emergency, recovery

Vicenza (Italy)

Observatories allow citizens

and communities to take on a

new role in the information

chain


Citizen Observatory



Environmental structured data collection via optimized networks of sensors

as well as information provided directly by citizens (measurements, images,

messages) and via mining of social media portals

Citizens become active stakeholders in information capturing,

evaluation and communication


Citizen Observatory



communication Citizens

AUTHORITY

Physical

low cost

sensors

Social Sensors

Measures of:

- levels

- Flooded

areas

-critical

situations

Existing Monitoring network

(Physical sensors)

Flood

Forecasting

and Decision

Support

System


Citizen Observatory



Data collection of real-time

information on weather conditions,

river levels and floodings

Social Sensors Physical Sensors


Citizen Observatory



Development of predictive

models and decision-making

tools that will be able to

optimally assimilate both

social and physical data

Early Warning System


Citizen Observatory



Early Warning System

EWS (AMICO)

DATA IMPORTER wich is able to import and

validate data automatically every hour

DATA ASSIMILATION

River Levels (work in collaboration with UNESCO-IHE)

Supporting communication with the

teams of volunteers during an

emergency


Citizen Observatory



• to handle an emergency in real time

• to monitor the area in a comprehensive

manner

• to report in real time about Civil Protection

activities (transmitting volunteers’ position and

information in order to improve emergency

management)

Examples of useful information sent by Citizens to Authorities


Citizen Observatory



Emergency/danger reports Road practicability reports Floods reports

Examples of what citizens receive in return from the authorities


Citizen Observatory



Through GeoFence

functionality citizens

receive notifications

when they enter hazard

areas

Examples of what citizens receive in return from the authorities


Citizen Observatory



Safe points map

Through GeoFence functionality citizens receive

notifications when they enter areas of attention and

are invited to reach safe points

Geofence

Attention

Area

The citizen observatory

TRAINING activities with Civil Protection volunteers and professionals


Citizen Observatory



EDUCATION campaigns with school teachers and students

REAL TIME MONITORING

of the activities in

GATHERING POINTS and

SHELTERS

Some examples: VICENZA (April, 25th 2014) evacuation of the city due to the dismantle of a II World War Bomb

Explaing the

operation to

the head of

National Civil

Protection

Department

The impact

Control room

activities



Some examples: VICENZA – Civil Protection Activities

Municipal emergency management plan - exercises

The impact The role of Citizen Observatories in Crisis management and disaster resilience


The Observatory platform has been included in the

Civil Protection Plan of Vicenza municipality

Teams of volunteers are dedicated to the task of

monitoring with the application and e-

collaborative platform

The citizens are the hearth of the alert system: they

are involved in data collection and are made aware of

the risk that characterizes the place in which they live


The Citizen Observatory can generate social but

also ECONOMICAL value!!!!


Citizen Observatory’s potential:

• to create “resilient” models, harnessing the

power of the people to withstand a disaster

• to effectly help people and the authorities

involved during an emergency






Framework for risk assessment

Cost of the flood: about 4ML euros

Cost of the flood: about 1ML euros

by: “SERRA application to flood risk

in the Vipacco Basin”, iEMSs, San

Diego 2014

THE CITIZEN OBSERVATORY AS FLOOD RISK MITIGATION MEASURE






Prevention (M2)

10 million euro

Protection (M3)

1000 million euro

Preparedness (M4)

10 million euro

PLANNED RESOURCES per Unit Of Management








Cost of the

Citizen

Observatory

measure

Preparedness measure M43_1

PLANNED RESOURCES per Unit Of Management

3.5 ML euros

Including creation and maintenance and services for 6 years

The road ahead To extend the application of the Citizen Observatory in Crisis

management and disaster resilience to other capitals of the

Veneto Region, and to other contexts in Italy and in Europe



CONTACT Michele Ferri Autorità di Bacino dei Fiumi dell’Alto Adriatico E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 0413096006 Mobile: 3450557993

THANKS FOR YOUR

ATTENTION


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