https://eugeo2021.eu/_files/200000463-38c0238c04/eugeo-2021-final-programme.pdf
Title
Social-environmental resilience of Croatian rural areas to seismic hazards: 2020 earthquake in Sisak-Moslavina County
Authors
Trako Poljak, Tijana ; Ister Šverko, Tara ; Ivanović, Vladimir
Type, subtype and category of paper
Conference abstracts, abstract, scholarly
Original
EUGEO 2021. Book of Abstracts / – Prag, 2021, 209-209
Congress
EUGEO 2021. 8TH EUGEO CONGRESS ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE
Place and date
Prag, Češka, 28.06.-01.07.2021
Type of participation
Lecture
Type of review
International peer review
Keywords
sociology of disasters, rural sociology, earthquake, rural areas, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the resilience of Croatian rural areas and their population with regards to the strong 2020 earthquake, which caused significant damage to the Sisak-Moslavina County. The earthquake hit on 29 December 2020, with the magnitude 6.4 Mw (6.2 ML), and maximum felt intensity estimated at VIII to IX (heavily damaging to destructive) on the European macro- seismic scale. We will rely on existing official data provided by the European Union institutions, Croatian government, as well as other official bodies such as the Red Cross, in order to map the physical impact of the earthquake in Sisak- Moslavina County. We will then conduct deep semi- structured interviews with the members of key governmental and non-governmental organizations, who can offer first-hand information about the social impacts of the earthquake. Finally, we will also conduct interviews with local rural population in order to better understand their ways of coping with this disaster. This research will be conducted as part of the project SECRURAL funded by Croatian National Science Foundation (UIP-2019-04-5257). The results will provide us with detailed analysis regarding environmental physical effects as well as social impact of the 2020 earthquake in Croatian rural areas and its population. On the basis of our results and conclusions, we will offer public policies recommendations for strengthening rural resilience to potential future seismic and other natural disasters.
Source language
English
Scientific area
Sociologija
RELATED TO
Projects:
HRZZ-UIP-2019-04-5257 – Social-ecological challenges of rural development: objective and subjective indicators of resilience of Crotian rural social-ecological systems (SECRURAL) (Trako Poljak, Tijana, HRZZ – 2019-04) ( POIROT)
Institutions:
Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
Profiles:
Vladimir Ivanović (author)
Tijana Trako Poljak (author)
