260 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through a combination of theory, practice, and a range of interdisciplinary case studies, this book expands how we define and think about the critical role and relationship between design and emergencies. This role extends far beyond aesthetics: the book highlights the urgency of ensuring that a wide range of stakeholders and a diverse representation of the public comes together to work towards... Read more

1. A Design Philosophy for Emergency Management

Gregory J. Vigneaux  

 2. Knowledge Controversies of “Design Thinking” for Community Participation Within Disaster Recovery

Pamela Gloria Cajilig

3. Design guidelines to improve user experience (UX) in an emergency: on the importance of affordances, signifiers and feedback

Klaus Kremer and Saskia M. van Manen

4. Human-Centered Design for Hurricane Risk Communication: A Case Study with the US National Hurricane Center

Robert Soden, Scott Miles, Steph Bannister, and Amanda Leiva

5. Design for Emergencies: a set of guidelines developed at the University of Palermo

Cinzia Ferrara and Elia Maniscalco

6. Strengthening Emergency Management through Design-driven Development and Co-creation

Tingyi S. Lin

7. Designing decentralized disaster response: Perspectives from post-Hurricane Dorian recovery in The Bahamas

Kearney Coupland     

8. ‘Balancing human needs with technology —A design-led approach for exploring an earthquake early warning system in Aotearoa New Zealand

Marion Lara Tan, Anna Brown, Kristin Stock, et al.

9. Awareness to preparedness: A design-led approach to building resilience and readiness for the next Alpine Fault earthquake

Alice Lake-Hammond and Caroline Orchiston

10. Visual displays of local flood risk: Examining how residents at risk use flood maps and river level graphs

Josefina Bravo

11. Differences between Dynamic Signs and Static Signs on the visual Cognition and User Experience in Fire Evacuation Guidance

Chia-Hua Lin

 12. FireClear: Applying visual standards for public-facing wildfire maps

Claudine Jaenichen   

13. Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Tsunami Warning in Japanese Public Service Media

Amy Ives Takebe      

Conclusions

Biography

Saskia M. van Manen is Cofounder of the Design Network for Emergency Management, the Netherlands, and a Visiting Fellow at the Open University, UK.

Claudine Jaenichen is Professor of Graphic Design at Chapman University, USA, and Cofounder of the Design Network for Emergency Management.

Tingyi S. Lin is Associate Professor at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and Cofounder of the Design Network for Emergency Management.

Klaus Kremer is Lecturer in the School of Design at Massey University, New Zealand, and Cofounder of the Design Network for Emergency Management.

Rodrigo Ramírez is Associate Professor and Director of the Design School at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and researcher at CIGIDEN the National Centre for Integrated Research in Disasters, Chile, and Cofounder of the Design Network for Emergency Management.