Abstract
This chapter seeks to analyze the new processes of the Anthropocene epoch by examining, in the first part, the relationship with human geography and geoethics. In fact, Anthropocene is also faced with an ethical and cultural perspective. Geoethics focuses on how scientists (natural and social), arts and humanities scholars working in tandem can become more aware of their ethical responsibilities to guide society on matters related to public safety in the face of natural hazards, sustainable use of resources, climate change, and protection of the environment. Furthermore, some case studies in the Mediterranean basin, where the transformations imposed by human action and society on the Earth’s environment are evident, will be analyzed in relation to Disaster Risk Reduction practices: social perception and communication, community resilience, participative approaches, using CIGIS and neogeographic technologies. These case studies constitute some examples of “geographies and cartographies of the Anthropocene”. In this framework, two case studies in the Central Mediterranean will be analyzed with the support of Web 2.0 and geohydrological risk perception using Community Integrated GIS.
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Neogeography is a term that refers to techniques, tools and practices of geography that have been traditionally beyond the scope of professional geographers and geographic information systems (GIS) practitioners (Turner 2006).
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The website of the book series “Geographies of the Anthropocene” is: www.ilsileno.it/geographiesoftheanthropocene (accessed March 5, 2018).
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The section related to the Maltese case study is an excerpt from the dissertation by the undergraduate student Jeffrey Custò (University of Malta 2015) under the scientific supervision of Dr. Sebastiano D’Amico.
Francesco De Pascale is the author of paragraphs “Introduction”, “The Anthropocene: Contemporary Debate and Geoethical Implications”, “Digitized Interaction Between Communities and Governments: A Geoethical Approach”, and “Anthropocene and Disaster Risk Reduction Practices: Some Mediterranean Case Studies”. Sebastiano D’Amico is the author of the paragraph “Preliminary Results on Seismic Risk Perception in Maltese Archipelago by Using Neogeographical Participatory Approach”. Loredana Antronico and Roberto Coscarelli are the authors of the paragraphs “Analysis of a Case Study About Geo-Hydrological Risk Perception in Calabria (Southern Italy) Through a Community Integrated GIS (CIGIS)”, “A Section About Historical Memory of Geo-Hydrological Risk Within a Community Integrated GIS (CIGIS)”, and “Concluding Remarks”. All authors have contributed, in the same way, to revision and improvement of the chapter’s sections.
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De Pascale, F., D’Amico, S., Antronico, L., Coscarelli, R. (2019). Geographies of the Anthropocene: Geoethics and Disaster Risk Reduction Tools Applied to Mediterranean Case Studies. In: de Miguel González, R., Donert, K., Koutsopoulos, K. (eds) Geospatial Technologies in Geography Education. Key Challenges in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17783-6_11
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