Risk Prevention and Management. A Multi-actor and Knowledge-Based Approach in Low Density Territories

In the age of Big Data, the lack of relevant data, information and knowledge and the limits of the instruments and legislation for Risk Prevention and Management (RPM) do not allow decision makers to act efficiently and in a participatory way in territorial management. The task of this paper is to find a way to foster a proactive coordination between RPM instruments, practices and stakeholders, in order to identify consistent policy choices. A territorial organization model is defined, the Observatory for Territorial Participation (OTP), based on the following tasks: involvement of local actors; use of interactive computerized techniques and tools for decision support; access and sharing of big data and information in real time. The use of a “strategic planning” software, tested within a real setting, not only helps to focus the discussion and the process of definition of RPM policies, but it also leads at possible strategic organizational paths in the short, medium and long run.