WORK PACKAGE 3
Networks and Green Infrastructures
WP3 aims to develop a better understanding of the public adaptive capacity for infectious disease control by investigating how members of the public (a) interact with the outdoor environment and (b) perceive and engage with disease mitigation efforts. It has the following key objectives:
- Analyse social and community interactions with built infrastructure, particularly sanitation and transportation systems; and how perceptions of disease risk affect population mobility.
- Analyse social and community interactions with green infrastructure including community gardens, parks, and other “natural” green areas; and examine perceptions towards “useful” and “harmful” insects in green areas.
- Understand the development and execution of dengue prevention and mitigation policies in Singapore and the range of policy instruments used for dengue control.
- Examine community members’ experience of dengue; how and why they prevent mosquito breeding and mitigate dengue risk; and how they respond to the deployment of alternative dengue control policies.
WP3 employs mixed methods including document analysis and process tracing, household surveys, ethnographic observation of in-home dengue prevention measures, semi-structured interviews with key informants and members of the public, and community focus group discussions.
ANALYSING SOCIAL & COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS WITH BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE
ANALYSING SOCIAL & COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT & EXECUTION OF DENGUE PREVENTION & MITIGATION POLICIES
EXAMINING COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE OF DENGUE
This research is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme
CREATE is an international collaboratory housing research centre set up by top universities. At CREATE, researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds work closely together to perform cutting-edge research in strategic areas of interest, for translation into practical applications leading to positive economic and societal outcomes for Singapore. The interdisciplinary research centres at CREATE focus on four areas of interdisciplinary thematic areas of research, namely human systems, energy systems, environmental systems and urban systems. More information on the CREATE programme can be obtained from www.create.edu.sg.
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