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Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: A Serbian case study

Cvetković, V., Roder, G., Tarolli, P., Öcal, A., Ronan, K., & Dragićević, S. (2017). Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: A Serbian case study. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-6720.   Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study Vladimir M. Cvetkovic´ (1), Giulia Roder (2), Paolo Tarolli (2), Adem Öcal (3), Kevin Ronan (4), and Slavoljub Dragic´evic´ (5) (1) The Academy of Criminalistics and Police studies, Cara Dušana 196, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia (vladimir.cvetkovic@kpa.edu.rs), (2) University of Padova, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Legnaro (PD), Italy, (3) Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara, 06500, Turkey, (4) Clinical Psychology School of Human, Health and Social Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia, (5) Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia The catastrophic flood occurred in Serbia in 2014 was one of the most critical events registered in the Balkan area in the last decades. The procedures for evacuation have been tough to manage indicating a low level of perception and preparedness towards flood events. Also, the failure in the response phase showed a gender unbalance, where information did not reach men and women equally. Urgently, the Council for Gender Equality Government of the Republic of Serbia held an extraordinary meeting dedicated to the flood planning and emergency support in a gendered perspective. It concluded with the necessity of developing more gender-sensitive statistics, indicators of vulnerability, reconstruction and recovery to floods. For these reasons, we conducted an extensive interview to underlined the differences in risk perception and preparedness actions of both women and men regarding flood events in Serbia. 2500 face-to-face interviews have been conducted in 27 out of 150 municipalities being a good representative sample of the country with the use of […]

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Aktivnosti Sektora za vanredne situacije na usklađivanju politike Republike Srbije sa bezbednosnom politikom EU

Mlađan, D., Marić, P., Baras, I., & Cvetković, V. (2011). Aktivnosti Sektora za vanredne situacije na usklađivanju politike Republike Srbije sa bezbednosnom politikom EU [Activities of the Sector for Emergency Situations in harmonizing Serbian policy with the EU security policy]. Usklađivanje spoljne politike Srbije sa bezbednosnom politikom EU (pp. 479–492). Beograd: Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu. AKTIVNOSTI SEKTORA ZA VANREDNE SITUACIJE NA USKLAĐIVANJU POLITIKE REPUBLIKE SRBIJE SA BEZBEDNOSNOM POLITIKOM EVROPSKE UNIJE U OBLASTI CIVILNE ZAŠTITE    Prof. dr Dragan Mlađan,vanredni profesor KPA, Beograd; Predrag Marić, Pomoćnk Ministra-Načelnik Sektora za vanredne situacije MUP RS; Ivan Baras, Pomoćnik načelnika Sektora za vanredne situacije MUP RS; Vladimir Cvetković, saradnik u nastavi, KPA.   Abstract: This paper explains the way of cooperation and association in the field of emergency management in the European Union (EU). Natural and technical disasters and emergencies are not limited by national boundaries or beyond the capabilities of adequate response of affected countries, and the EU is forced to build and develop capacities in those areas of common security. Republic of Serbia as a potential candidate country for EU membership, build up its own system of protection and rescue in emergency situations, which in most elements is compatible to the EU system. Sector for Emergency Management of the Ministry of  Interior, is the most important carrier of construction, harmonization and coordination of the system in the Republic of Serbia (RS), as well as a system of civil protection and humanitarian assistance of EU. Ključne reči: vanredna situacija, međunarodna saradnja, civilna zaštita, opasnost, rizik, upravljanje, evropska Unija, Republika Srbija, Sektor za vanredne situacije.   Uvod Elementarne-prirodne nepogode, katastrofe, vanredne situacije i krize ne poznaju granice. O tome jasno svedoči tragedija u nuklearnoj centrali u Černobilju i Fokušimi (posledice su se osetile u mnogim zemljama po stanovništvo, industriju, poljoprivredu, ekologiju i […]

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The role of gender in preparedness and response behaviors towards flood risk in Serbia

Cvetković, V., Roder, G., Öcal, A., Tarolli, P., & Dragićević, S. (2018). The role of gender in preparedness and response behaviors towards flood risk in Serbia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(12), 2761. Article The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia Vladimir M. Cvetkovic´ 1, Giulia Roder 2,*, Adem Öcal 3, Paolo Tarolli 2 and Slavoljub Dragic´evic´ 4 1 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vucˇic´a 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia; vmc@fb.bg.ac.rs 2 Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis, viale dell’ Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy; paolo.tarolli@unipd.it 3 Independent Researcher, 06500 Ankara, Turkey; ocadem@gmail.com 4 Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; sasa@gef.bg.ac.rs * Correspondence: giulia.roder@phd.unipd.it; Tel.: +39-(049)-8272700 Received: 18 September 2018; Accepted: 3 December 2018; Published: 6 December 2018 check for   updates Abstract: Adverse outcomes from 2014 flooding in Serbia indicated problematic response phase management accentuated by a gender imbalance. For this reason, we investigated the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men regarding these types of events in Serbia. Face-to-face interviews, administered to 2500 participants, were conducted across 19 of 191 municipalities. In light of the current findings, men seemed to be more confident in their abilities to cope with flooding, perceiving greater individual and household preparedness. By contrast, women displayed a deeper understanding of these events. Perhaps owing to a deeper level of understanding, women demonstrated more household-caring attitudes and behaviors and were more prone to report a willingness to help flood victims at reception centers. Emergency management agencies and land planners should account for these differences in gender awareness and preparedness. Based on these findings, doing so may increase citizen participation and shared responsibility under flood hazard scenarios. Keywords: flood risk; perception; preparedness; gender; Serbia   ‌Introduction Gender disparities exert powerful differences within societies worldwide, even in […]

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Harmonizing wildfire risk assessment in Western Balkans through the IPAFF project

Fiorucci, P., Pernice, U., Cvetković, M.V., Rajkovchevki, R. (2022). Harmonizing wildfire risk assessment in Western Balkans through the IPAFF project. ICFBR2022, International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Italy. INCLUDING A SPECIAL SESSION ON REMOTE SENSING & FIRES Alghero (Italy) 3-6 May 2022 Book of abstracts Supported by the MED-Star Project (EU Italia-Francia Marittimo 2014-2020 Programme)   ‌PROJ06. Harmonizing wildfire risk assessment in Western Balkans through the IPAFF project Paolo Fiorucci1, Umberto Pernice1, 2, Vladimir M. Cvetković3, 4, Rade Rajkovchevski5 1 CIMA Research Foundation 2 Università di Roma La Sapienza 3 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia 4 Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Belgrade, Serbia Projects on wildfires   5 Faculty of Security-Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia Wildfires risk assessment plays a key role in each phase of the wildfire cycle, enabling the shift from fire suppression to prevention activities while improving decisions for response and restoration activities. Moreover, it enables synergies between fire and landscape management for achieving an integrated fire management approach. Because wildfires’ complexity depends on different meteo-climatic, physics and human aspects, wildfire risk assessment and mapping still lack a consolidated science-based methodology as it is for other natural hazards. Such a gap limits its adoption across all different authorities involved in wildfire management, for local, national, and regional governments. Moreover, it affects the capacity to properly handle transboundary aspects, considering that wildfires are not limited by national borders. The IPAFF project advances the state-of-the-art approach on forest fire risk assessment proposing a common methodology in Western Balkans and Turkey empowering wildfires risk assessment capacities. Leveraging the European guidelines on risk assessment and tightening the focus on wildfires, the analysis assesses capacities considering the following aspects: i) the legal and institutional framework shaping roles and responsibilities of authorities for fire and landscape management at different governmental levels; ii) coordination mechanisms […]

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Citizens education about floods: A Serbian case study

Cvetković, V., Tarolli, P., Roder, G., Ivanov, A., Ronan, K., Öcal, A., & Kutub, R. (2017). Citizens education about floods: A Serbian case study. 7th International Scientific Conference “Archibald Reiss Days”, Academy of Criminalistics and Police Studies, Belgrade. CITIZENS EDUCATION ABOUT FLOODS: A SERBIAN CASE STUDY Vladimir M. Cvetković, Ph.D Academy of Criminalistic and Police Study in Belgrade vladimirkpa@gmail.com Paolo Tarolli, Ph.D Giulia Roder, Ph.D. candidate Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry. University of Padova, Agripolis, Legnaro, Italy Aleksandar Ivanov, Ph.D Faculty of Security, Skopje Kevin Ronan, Ph.D Clinical Psychology School of Human, Health and Social Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia Adem Öcal, Ph.D Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey Md. Juel Rana Kutub Faculty of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Abstract: The aim of quantitative research is a scientific explication of the effects certain demographic, socio-economic and psychological citizens characteristics on citizens education in Serbia about floods. It is because of that that during the whole 2015 a series of 2,500 face-to-face interviews was conducted in 19 out of the 190 municipalities of the Republic of Serbia. The study population consisted of all adult residents of the local communities in which floods occurred, and the sample size complied with the geographical and demographic size of the community. Results of the descriptive statistical analysis showed 24.9% of respondents were educated about natural disasters at school, 40.2% in the family, 29.9% at work, 39.9% of respondents know where elderly, disabled and infants live, 14% noted that they knew the risks of floods, etc. The research findings indicated that there is a statistically significant correlation between the level of knowledge about natural disasters and sex, age, marital status levels of education, fear of disaster, previous experience and income level. On the other hand, education at school, within the family, […]

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Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study

Cvetković, V., Roder, G., Tarolli, P., Öcal, A., Ronan, K., & Dragićević, S. (2017). Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union GmbH – EGU General Assembly 2017, At Vienna, Austria, Volume: Vol. 19, EGU2017-6720: Session HS1.9/NH1.18 Hydrological risk under a gender and age perspective, Vienna. Gender disparities in flood risk perception and preparedness: a Serbian case study Vladimir. M. Cvetković*1, Giulia Roder2, Paolo Tarolli2, Adem Öcal3, Kevin Ronan4, Slavoljub Dragićević5  1 The Academy of Criminalistics and Police studies, Cara Dušana 196, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Agripolis, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy 3 Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara, 06500, Turkey 4 Clinical Psychology School of Human, Health and Social Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia 5 Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia   HS1.9/NH1.18 Hydrological risk under a gender and age perspective (co-organized) Abstract The catastrophic flood occurred in Serbia in 2014 was one of the most critical events registered in the Balkan area in the last decades. The procedures for evacuation have been tough to manage indicating a low level of perception and preparedness towards flood events. Also, the failure in the response phase showed a gender unbalance, where information did not reach men and women equally. Urgently, the Council for Gender Equality Government of the Republic of Serbia held an extraordinary meeting dedicated to the flood planning and emergency support in a gendered perspective. It concluded with the necessity of developing more gender-sensitive statistics, indicators of vulnerability, reconstruction and recovery to floods. For these reasons, we conducted an extensive interview to underlined the differences in risk perception and preparedness actions of both women and men in the wake of […]

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Citizens’ Education About Floods: A Serbian Case Study

Cvetkovic, V., Tarolli, P., Roder, G., Ivanov, A., Ronan, K., Ocam, A., & Kutub, R. (2017). Citizens education about floods: a Serbian case study. VII International scientific conference ” Archibald Reiss days “, Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, Belgrade. Vladimir M. Cvetković, Ph.D. Academy of Criminalistic and Police Study in Belgrade, vladimirkpa@gmail.com Paolo Tarolli, Ph.D. Giulia Roder, Ph.D. candidate Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry. University of Padova, Agripolis, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy Aleksandar Ivanov, Ph.D. Faculty of Security, Skopje Kevin Ronan, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology School of Human, Health and Social Sciences, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia Adem Öcal, Ph.D. Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara, 06500, Turkey Md. Juel Rana Kutub Faculty of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh   Abstract: The aim of quantitative research is a scientific explication of the effects certain demographic, socio-economic and psychological citizens characteristics on citizens education in Serbia about floods. Precisely because during the whole 2015 in 19 of the 190 municipalities of the Republic of Serbia has been conducted a series of 2,500 face-to-face interviews. The study population consisted of all adult residents of the local communities in which floods occurred, and the sample size complied with the geographical and demographic size of the community. Results of the descriptive statistical analysis showed 24.9% of respondents were educated about natural disasters at school, 40.2% in the family, 29.9% at work, 39.9% of respondents know where elderly, disabled and infants live, 14% noted that they knew the risks of floods, etc. The research findings indicated that there is a statistically significant correlation between the level of knowledge about natural disasters and sex, age, marital status levels of education, fear of disaster, previous experience, income level. On another side, education at school, within the family, at work is […]

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