TY - CHAP
T1 - Urban Disasters and Risk Communication Through Youth Organizations in the Philippines
AU - Fernandez, Glenn
AU - Shaw, Rajib
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan for the generous scholarship grant that made it possible for the first author to obtain his MA and PhD degrees from the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1/22
Y1 - 2016/1/22
N2 - It has been shown that traditional mass media (i.e., television, radio, print, recordings, cinema) cannot meet all of the information sharing and communication needs before, during, and after disasters occur. The Internet and mobile communication technologies open many new opportunities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) coordination among individual persons, communities, government agencies, and other stakeholders. In recent years, the use of social media in DRR settings has spread around the world. Twitter, Facebook, and crowdsourcing tools such as Ushahidi and Open Street Map are increasingly being used to collect and disseminate information on the needs of local communities, enhancing the participation of citizens, especially of technology-savvy young people. In this chapter, we present examples of the use of traditional and modern mass media in risk communication by youth organizations (i.e., community-based youth councils, school-based clubs, youth NGOs, etc.) in urban areas in the Philippines.
AB - It has been shown that traditional mass media (i.e., television, radio, print, recordings, cinema) cannot meet all of the information sharing and communication needs before, during, and after disasters occur. The Internet and mobile communication technologies open many new opportunities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) coordination among individual persons, communities, government agencies, and other stakeholders. In recent years, the use of social media in DRR settings has spread around the world. Twitter, Facebook, and crowdsourcing tools such as Ushahidi and Open Street Map are increasingly being used to collect and disseminate information on the needs of local communities, enhancing the participation of citizens, especially of technology-savvy young people. In this chapter, we present examples of the use of traditional and modern mass media in risk communication by youth organizations (i.e., community-based youth councils, school-based clubs, youth NGOs, etc.) in urban areas in the Philippines.
KW - Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
KW - Risk communication
KW - Urban
KW - Youth participation
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-802169-9.00013-6
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-802169-9.00013-6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84967425064
SN - 9780128021699
SP - 195
EP - 207
BT - Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia
PB - Elsevier Inc.
ER -