The use of new technologies (e.g. Bluetooth) can improve communication strategies in disaster management situations

• Eyewitnesses as the most representative category of LastQuake app users

• The development objectives of the LastQuake app

• Cultural and interest differences among LastQuake users

• Text messages, the most efficient and resilient mode of communication after a disaster

• Efficiency of safety check notifications

• User behaviour with regards to safety check notifications on the LastQuake App

• Use of the safety check feature by region

• Advantages and weaknesses of the safety check feature

• Further research needed to determine country differences around safety check behaviour

• The importance of adapting to users' needs and cultural diversity

• The involvement of local emergency services is crucial for the development of international emergency-response digital tools

• Use of mobile phone apps and social media usages in disaster situations

• Citizens are generally receptive to training as a preparedness measure

• Frequency of citizen training as a preparedness measure

• Citizen trust or distrust in different types of responders

• Smartphone apps vs social media

• Correlation between citizen likelihood to use smartphone apps and social media during a disaster

• Reactions to testing and using apps for providing information in case of a disaster

• Positive reactions to the idea of using of disaster mobile phone apps amongst, largely elderly, citizens who are not active on social media

• Training children and adolescents for disaster

• Other groups that can act as volunteers during a disaster

• Communication platforms that can be used to reach citizens during disasters

• Usefulness of smartphone apps vs social media during disaster situations

• Technology, gender and social control

• Perceptions of technology

• Professional cultures and technology use

• The role of radio channels in disaster communication

• Crowdsourcing in mapping natural disasters

• The Community Flood Assessment crowdsourcing map

• Citizen cooperation for developing software solutions

• Developing innovative technologies for water management

• The EMSC crowdsource earthquakes detector

• The Citizens Observatories collection and utilization of citizen information

• The EU-funded Citi-Sense project description

• The EU-funded Citi-Sense project on data gathering strategies

• The impact of religion on disaster information needs

• Specific use of technologies during disasters

• Innovation diffusion

• Mobile phone and smartphone use during disasters

• Technological adoption in the recovery phase

• Age-related factors in technological adoption

• Woman empowerment through adoption and usage of technology

• Urban vs. rural divide in information seeking behaviours

• Cultural impacts on EMSC tools usage

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