Enhancing Urban Resilience: Strategic Management and Action Plans for Cyclonic Events through Socially Constructed Risk Processes
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Pérez-Arévalo, Raúl; Jiménez-Caldera, Juan; Serrano-Montes, José Luis; Rodrigo-Comino, Jesús; Therán-Nieto, Kevin; Caballero-Calvo, AndrésEditorial
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crowdsourcing citizen participation risk
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2024-05-01Referencia bibliográfica
Pérez Arévalo, R. et. al. Urban Sci. 2024, 8, 43. [https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci8020043]
Abstract
Cities will face increasing challenges due to the impacts of global climate change, particularly
in the form of cyclonic events, necessitating a deeper understanding and the establishment of
effective response mechanisms at both institutional and citizen levels. In this research, we tested the
efficiency of crowdsourcing in fostering participatory resilience and improving urban management.
The main aim was to design novel and accurate proactive response strategies and mitigate the adverse
effects of cyclonic wind events through volunteerism, citizen science, and urban science. To achieve
this goal, as a case study, the municipality of Soledad, Colombia was used. This research employed a
two-phase methodological approach: (i) initially evaluating the spatial distribution of emergency
response resources, and (ii) developing a geo-referenced survey to map, systematize, and categorize
data and outcomes. A total of three hundred and seventy-eight residents across five neighborhoods
in Soledad, which have experienced a high frequency of atmospheric wind phenomena over the
past two decades, were surveyed. The results indicate that the crowdsourcing mechanism effectively
enhanced the empirical understanding of atmospheric wind events in Soledad, facilitating the establishment
of a geo-referenced volunteer network for real-time responses. Additionally, this study shed
light on previously undocumented challenges, in terms of reducing the number of people affected,
and the actions that would lead to improved urban development to reduce the impacts of cyclonic
events, emphasizing the significance of citizen science in the social construction of risk and disaster
risk reduction (DDR) efforts.