The document discusses how civil defence is evolving to address modern disasters and security challenges. It argues that civil defence must now take a wider, more human-centered approach focused on protecting individuals, rather than just defending states. This new paradigm of "human protection" involves leveraging Web 2.0 technologies and volunteers to create real-time situational awareness and a more integrated, cross-cutting strategy for responding to complex emergencies across the disaster management continuum. If successful, this modernized civil defence system could help societies better cope with both natural disasters and terrorist attacks in the 21st century.
1. Disaster 2.0: Are we ready?
Torino, 07/05/2012
Civil Defence 2.0
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human protection
Massimo Lanfranco
University of Torino
Strategic Sciences Doctoral School
OpenResilience
5. CIVIL DEFENCE HAS CHANGED
London after bombing, 1941 (Encyclopedia Britannica)
6. ICT is the trigger
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web 2.0 is the Goodchild (2007) Citizens as sensors: the world of volunteered geography
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7. human security
The traditional goal of ‘national security’ has been
the defence of the state from external threats.
The focus of human security, by contrast, is the
protection of individuals
Human Security Report 2005:
war and peace in 21st Century.
Human Security Centre
(University of British Columbia)
http://www.iidh.ed.cr/multic/DefaultIIDHSeguridadEN.aspx
19. who / what / where /when
• Organizations • local / global
Civil Protection Department backdoor
Prefectures Piemonte / Liguria
Regions Sicily / Val d’Aosta
Provinces Germany
Municipalities Armenia
NATO Libia
European Union Japan
United Nations Somalia
• Activities • 24/7/365
Weather forecast ASAP
Meteo advice all-around-the-clock
Events early warning Always on Sunday!
Relief coordination
Assistance calls
Damage assess
Geomorphic processes survey
24. Natural disaster vs terrorist attacks
Iraqi war
RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents
EEA (2010) Mapping the impacts of natural
hazards and technical accidents in Europe
26. VOLUNTEERS
Civil protection volunteers,
mudshovels (except for
web 2.0 addicted),
but well known…
Technical volunteers,
prepared,
but still unknown …
30. from C2 to C4I
Command and control (C2)
The exercise of authority and direction by a properly
designated commander over assigned and attached forces in
the accomplishment of the mission.
Command and control functions are performed through an
arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications,
facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in
planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and
operations in the accomplishment of the mission.
NATO SOP
C4I stands for "Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, and
Intelligence"
31. ISTAR
ISTAR stands for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition,
and Reconnaissance.
ISTAR links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in
employing its sensors and managing the information they gather
Information is collected on the battlefield through soldiers and a variety of
electronic sensors. Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
are methods of obtaining this information. The information is then passed to
intelligence personnel for analysis, and then to the commander and his staff for
the formulation of battle plans. Intelligence is processed information.
ISTAR is the process of integrating the intelligence process with surveillance,
target acquisition and reconnaissance tasks in order to improve situational
awareness and consequently decision making.