Collection
A Collection by: PreventionWeb user UNDRR Editors
Last updated: 21 Dec 2020
Examples of innovative DRR initiatives supported by citizen science and crowd-sourcing.
Documents and Publications
Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
2020
Documents and Publications
Sustainability (MDPI)
2020
Documents and Publications
IOP Science
2020
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Citizen science as a catalyst for community resilience building: A two-phase tsunami case study
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
2020
Documents and Publications
Citizen disaster science education for effective disaster risk reduction in developing countries
Springer
2020
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Wiley
2020
Documents and Publications
Citizen science: Reducing risk and building resilience to natural hazards
Frontiers
2020
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Operationalizing crowdsourcing through mobile applications for disaster management in India
Elsevier
2019
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Enhancing community preparedness: an inventory and analysis of disaster citizen science activities
BioMed Central
2019
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Global mapping of citizen science projects for disaster risk reduction
Frontiers
2019
News
People power: How citizen science is building climate resilience in South Asia
Acclimatise
01 October 2019
News
In Tanzania, citizen scientists help reduce flood risk with soil sampling
World Bank, the
15 May 2019
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Crowdsourcing triggers rapid, reliable earthquake locations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
2019
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Disruptive technologies and their use in disaster risk reduction and management
International Telecommunication Union
2019
News
As citizen scientists, farmers can make important contributions to climate adaptation
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
19 February 2019
Documents and Publications
American Geophysical Union
2018
News
Citizen science: Crowdsourcing data to support disaster response
United Nations Environment Programme
24 December 2018
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Methodology for participatory GIS risk mapping and citizen science for Solotvyno Salt Mines
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2018
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Frontiers
2018
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Frontiers
2018
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Can mobile phones improve disaster preparedness? A survey-based analysis on the impact of AtmaGo
Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance
2018
News
'Facebook for disasters' app helped Indonesian neighbours save lives - researchers
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
24 October 2018
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LastQuake: From rapid information to global seismic risk reduction
Elsevier
2018
News
USA: Scientists aim to use crowdsourced data to improve flood predictions
University at Buffalo
08 October 2018
News
USA: Tweets prove to be reliable indicator of air quality conditions during wildfires
United States Department of Agriculture
26 July 2018
News
GEOlab researchers shaping future of energy, disaster forecasting
Pennsylvania State University
17 January 2018
Documents and Publications
Springer
2017
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Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building
Wiley
2017
News
BBC Four to investigate how flu pandemic spreads by launching BBC Pandemic app
British Broadcasting Corporation
27 September 2017
Documents and Publications
Crisis mapping and crowdsourcing in flood management
World Meteorological Organization; Global Water Partnership; Associated Programme on Flood Management
2017
Documents and Publications
Elsevier
2017
News
Scaling up haze gazer: an analysis and visualization tool for haze crisis management
United Nations Global Pulse
26 January 2017
News
US: App turns phones into earthquake detectors
Science and Development Network
15 February 2016
News
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture; Signalert Sarl
15 July 2015
Documents and Publications
Crowdsourced geographic information use in government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
2014