The September 2018 earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction in Central Sulawesi—the deadliest natural disaster to hit Indonesia since the 2004 Aceh tsunami—exposed challenges in accessing real-time data on...
Indonesia’s location in a very active seismic zone naturally exposes it to significant geophysical hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis). In addition to these geophysical hazards, climate...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus (COVID). Countries around the world moved swiftly to declare states of emergency, closing ports...
The objective of this policy note is to influence the ongoing discussion on how urbanization can contribute to improving disaster resilience. This note seeks to raise awareness of some of the opportunities...