CORE Labs

The Famenne-Ardenne UNESCO Global Geopark focuses on the socio-economic impact of disasters and promote the recovery of the local economy, fostering society resilience, boosting territorial activation and considering biodiversity, local knowledge and the role that tangible and intangible cultural heritage can play as drivers of socio-economic resilience. 

• SyRI framework: Socio-economic Resilience
• Main Hazards: Floods
• Other Hazards: Rain storms

In Crete, the University in collaboration with the Natural History Museum will focus on fostering collective active memory as a cohesive element of the identity of communities, reinforcing a sense of place and belonging to be activated as a key driver of resilience. This refers to active memory as a way to consider the past and culture as active resources, enabling communities to go beyond the disaster event and raising awareness.

• SyRI framework: Active Memory
• Main Hazards: Earthquake
• Other Hazards: Wildfires, Floods

Naturtejo will focus on fostering individual and societal interconnections through inclusive social and cultural exchanges, including strategies to promote inclusion of all society groups and social cohesion in all Disaster Risk Management phases.

• SyRI framework: Social Interaction and Inclusiveness
• Main Hazards: Wildfires
• Other Hazards: Heatwaves

Trondheim Red Cross focuses on Health and Well-being. The aim is to foster an individual’s physical and psychological well-being and protective behaviour in all phases of Disaster Risk Management, with a special focus put on post-traumatic stress.

• SyRI framework: Health and Well-being
• Main Hazards: Landslides
• Other Hazards: Wildfires, Urban fires

Karsiyaka will focus on Adaptive Governance aiming to increase resilience behaviour related to innovative and adaptive governance schemes and planning, which involve diverse stakeholders and citizens in all the phases of Disaster Risk Management through collaborative processes.

• SyRI framework: Adaptive Governance
• Main Hazards: Heatwaves
• Other Hazards: Earthquakes, Floods