Collaborating With Communities

Citizen Science Flood Monitoring in Urban Informal Settlements

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22017990
AutoresErich Wolff (0000-0003-2479-2340, Monash University), Matthew French (0000-0003-0175-3488, Monash University), Noor Ilhamsyah, Mere Jane Sawailau (University of Fiji), Diego Ramirez-Lovering (0000-0003-0774-4929, Monash University)
Año2021
Volumen6
Número4
Páginas351-364
Fecha de publicación2021-12-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i4.4648
OpenAlexW4200124799
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas67

Concerns regarding the impacts of climate change on marginalised communities in the Global South have led to calls for affected communities to be more active as agents in the process of planning for climate change. While the value of involving communities in risk management is increasingly accepted, the development of appropriate tools to support community engagement in flood risk management projects remains nascent. Using the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments Program as a case study, the article interrogates the potential of citizen science to include disadvantaged urban communities in project-level flood risk reduction planning processes. This project collected more than 5,000 photos taken by 26 community members living in 13 informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia between 2018 and 2020. The case study documents the method used as well as the results achieved within this two-year project. It discusses the method developed and implemented, outlines the main results, and provides lessons learned for others embarking on citizen science environmental monitoring projects. The case study indicates that the engagement model and the technology used were key to the success of the flood-monitoring project. The experiences with the practice of monitoring floods in collaboration with communities in Fiji and Indonesia provide insights into how similar projects could advance more participatory risk management practices. The article identifies how this kind of approach can collect valuable flood data while also promoting opportunities for local communities to be heard in the arena of risk reduction and climate change adaptation

Business · Citizen journalism · Citizen science · Climate change · Community engagement · Disadvantaged · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood myth · Geography · Human settlement · Monitoring and evaluation · Participatory action research · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Stakeholder engagement · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Ecology