In an attempt to improve warning communication and counter the erosion of traditional knowledge and networks, the project contributed to the creation of committee-run social media sites to share traditional knowledge of risk and risk management, disseminate disaster information, and provide grassroots early warning mechanisms.
"An erosion of specialist knowledge," harrumphs the Royal Historical Society; its geographical counterpart is worried about "losing rigour and the teaching of basics".
The erosion of traditional knowledge for risk management due to migrations and urbanization is already observable around the world, and bio-indicators are becoming increasingly unreliable due to climate change (Zommers 2014).
Surprisingly, no erosion of patients' knowledge over the time was observed (P=0.41).
Though this may help on the short term, it is likely to lead to further erosion of skills, knowledge and confidence among junior doctors.
The development of soil conservation plans and evaluation of spatially distributed erosion models require knowledge of rates of soil loss and sedimentation on different landscape elements and slope positions.
This chapter reviews the present state of knowledge of erosion processes, mechanics, and rates.
Perhaps a way to overcome the challenges illustrated in the three case studies, including the cost issue (for example, in Kenya), the erosion of traditional risk management knowledge (for example, in Hawai'i), or the difficulty to ensure long-term community engagement in the EWS (for example, in Sri Lanka), is through the design of EWS that are truly initiated and run by the beneficiaries.
Furthermore, a strong emphasis on walk-in services can lead to the slow erosion of the skills and knowledge needed to manage chronic diseases: "And what is difficult to learn when you follow a diabetic or a hypertensive, for example, is how to schedule meetings, what you need to do, secondary prevention, how you should intervene.
These obtained results are useful to supplement the erosion knowledge of disturbed soils, facilitate soil erosion prediction and provide technical guidelines for soil and water conservation in engineering construction areas.
