New book by UNU-EHS experts, "Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges and Issues" released!
The new book ‘Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges and Issues’, co-edited by Dr. Riyanti Djlante and Dr. Matthias Garshagen, is the first collection of works specifically focused on disaster risk reduction in the country. The research that informed it, revealed the extent to which the increasingly complex nature of disaster risk reduction here – as with elsewhere in the world – needs to be faced with expanded tools and approaches, and by drawing on a wider range of stakeholders and actors.
Now, over 12 years after the devastating tsunami, it is to be hoped that over the next 15 years, as the Sendai Framework is implemented, we can reduce the risk of disaster and the scale of potential losses and thereby make real progress towards achieving not only Sustainable Development Goal 11, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities, but really all of the Global Goals.
Reducing disaster risks and building resilience among communities and nations is essential if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And, given that it is currently ranked among the world’s countries with the highest risk of environmental hazards and climate change impacts, few places stand to gain more from a greater understanding of natural hazards and risks than Indonesia.
In their book, the researcher authors highlight that "the part private enterprise, the media and of civil society have played and will continue to play in making Indonesia more resilient. In the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta for example, manufacturing firms have taken on a leading role in helping the city and the wider region be better-prepared for future flooding, while disabled people’s organisations have helped widen the scope of stakeholders, transforming this previously overlooked section of society into advocates for more inclusive disaster risk reduction policies".
See the source article, extracted from UNU-EHS website on 28/03/2017: https://ehs.unu.edu/blog/articles/disaster-risk-reduction-in-indonesia.html
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