The DROP project moved from planning to action this weekend, putting community participation at the heart of two days of activities focused on flood risk and local resilience.
Three activities to support co-design
The day was structured around three complementary activities designed to collect local knowledge, strengthen awareness, and prepare the next phases of the project:
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Participatory mapping of the territory to identify meaningful community places, areas impacted by the May 2024 flood, as well as safe locations and key points for flood-risk management. The mapping will inform a community walk and provides a key starting point for the co-design of locally accepted soft measures.
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A serious game session with “Risky Rudi” (created by Amélie Meyer and adapted by Eurac Research), where participants stepped into the role of municipal decision-makers and built flood-resilient cities by designing risk management strategies while navigating social and economic constraints.
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Pre-testing of a questionnaire on impacts on people and the environment, which will be distributed to the wider population in spring. The survey will help capture damage perception and the lived impacts of the 2024 flood, providing an evidence base to guide the next project phases.
Eurac Research thanks everyone who contributed time, knowledge and ideas, and the project partners Politecnico di Milano, Consorzio Poliedra, University of Potsdam, and the four municipalities for helping make co-design tangible.
More details on the project below.
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