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Disaster risk communication requires dissemination, dialogue and participation

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Disaster risk communication traditionally focuses on authorities conveying hazard and risk information to at-risk populations, with little consideration of local community knowledge. To enable risk reduction and resilience, disaster management must forge partnerships with local communities and empower citizen-led initiatives.

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Fig. 1: The disaster risk communication continuum.

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The authors acknowledge funding from UKRI GCRF under grant NE/S009000/1, Tomorrow’s Cities Hub.

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    I. S. Stewart

  2. College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

    E. Sevilla & K. Barragán

  3. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

    E. Yahya Menteşe

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I.S.S. prepared an initial draft manuscript and all authors contributed equally to its revision. All authors contributed to and approved the submitted version. I.S.S. conceived and K.B. designed and drafted the artwork.

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Stewart, I.S., Sevilla, E., Barragán, K. et al. Disaster risk communication requires dissemination, dialogue and participation. Nat Rev Earth Environ 4, 805–806 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00506-w

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