A Comparative Assessment of Mobile Device-Based Multi-Hazard Warnings: Saving Lives through Public Alerts in Europe

Author(s): Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Benjamin Scharte
Editor(s): Christine Eriksen
Series: CSS Risk and Resilience Reports
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

While there are many different forms of public warning systems, the ones that use means of electronic communications services offer several advantages, such as increased reachability, as a large part of the population always has a mobile with them. This report identifies challenges for such multi-hazard warning apps and, based on this, makes several recommendations on how to overcome them.

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