Research Data Repository for the PANTHEON project on
Community-Based Smart City Digital Twin Platform for Optimised DRM operations and Enhanced Community Disaster Resilience.
Project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No 101074008.
PANTHEON overview
In the past two decades, the international disasters database EM-DAT has recorded 7,348 natural disasters resulting in the loss of 1.23 million lives and affecting over 4 billion others. These environmental catastrophes have caused a total of US$2.97 trillion in economic damages worldwide.
The PANTHEON project aims to enhance current disaster resilience models by developing evidence-based tools for policy analysis and evaluation. PANTHEON will create a community-based digital framework for disaster resilience using Smart City Digital Twin (SCDT) technology and emerging
innovations such as earth observation sensing and drone technology. By integrating the PANTHEON platform and technologies with Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure and multisource data, the project will enable the assessment of risks and vulnerabilities with greater accuracy and enable better decision-support for national and regional stakeholders during disasters. Ultimately, the PANTHEON platform will facilitate Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and improve decision-making during and after disasters. For the specific developments in the project, our research focuses on Greece (Athens) and France (Paris) as pilot regions.
Involvement of stakeholders and community representatives
PANTHEON aims to achieve this by analysing region-specific hazards, vulnerabilities and existing capacities, as well as the legal and regulatory environments and the participatory consultation through a Community-Based Advisory Board. Therefore, the integration of technology will be
accompanied by the involvement of various community representatives, stakeholders and experts to allow for diverse perspectives and identify concerns, opportunities and challenges, while resolving perceived conflicts through better mutual understanding. In our quest to create a demand-oriented and participatory design of the technology, PANTHEON will prioritise the involvement of representatives of vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and disabled individuals in increasing risk awareness and building community resilience.
To achieve these objectives and ensure a project outcome that best serves communities’ needs, participation in interviews, questionnaires and/or the Advisory Board is greatly appreciated. Different perspectives are particularly valuable in this context: Through your participation and expertise, you not only directly support the project, but can also actively contribute to the development process for better disaster management and community resilience in the targeted regions, which can then benefit a general approach.