The City of Eilat, Israel is planning for city-wide emergencies, including heat waves, floods, and earthquakes. The goal of this project, sponsored by the Eilat Municipality Environmental Unit, was to assess opportunities for implementing community resiliency centers to mitigate the effects of natural disasters and severe weather. We conducted comparative analyses of emergency preparedness plans from 15 other cities and conducted interviews with key stakeholders in Eilat. We identified guidelines for center operation and recommended training curricula for volunteer-based community emergency response teams.

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Creator

• Dombrowski, Nicole
• Sanderville, Tyler
• Durocher, Joseph

Subject

• Community
• Innovation
• Project-Based Learning
• Sustainability
• Learning
• Culture
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Well-Being
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 48321
• E-project-022722-214719

Keyword

• emergency response
• natural disasters
• community centers
• climate resilience

Advisor

• Bar-On, Isa
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2022

Center

• Israel Project Center (Eilat) - IQP

Sponsor

• Elad Topel
• Eilat Municipality Environmental Unit
• Assaf Admon

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-02-27

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright