TITLE:
Disaster Data Centre—An Innovative Educational Tool for Disaster Reduction through Education in Schools
AUTHORS:
Lekkas Efthymis, Salachoris Michael, Grambas Alexia, Plessas Panagiotis, Alexoudi Vassiliki, Valadaki Kate, Plessas Spyros
KEYWORDS:
Disaster, Disaster Awareness, Disaster Reduction Education, e-Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.2 No.9,
September
15,
2014
ABSTRACT: During the last decades, mankind has
suffered from devastation caused by natural disasters and technological
accidents of increased frequency and children are among the most vulnerable population
group, especially those attending school during times of disaster. The
importance of education in promoting and enabling disaster risk reduction has
already been identified by researchers. In this paper “Disaster Date Center
(DDC)” is presented, a new, powerful and innovative tool for the study of and
education on disasters. One noteworthy application of DDC is the educational
and public awareness tool in the form of e-learning.