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Prof. Dilanthi Amaratunga of the Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield, recently contributed an article to the RICS Land Journal on how climate change affects coastal regions. The article briefly discusses the evidence of coastal climate change and examines some of the physical, social, economic, environmental and built environment impacts. In local dissemination of …

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Dr Harkunti Rahayu participated in the National Disaster Preparedness Day conducted on April 26, 2022 in Yogyakarta Special Provinces. The opening was conducted at Kalten and Sleman Regencies located at Merapi Volcano, and attended by Head BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency), Coordinating Minister of Human Empowerment, Chair of Commission Eight of National Parliament, Head of …

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In January and February 2022, the ITB research team, led by Dr Harkunti Rahayu, were able to carry out fieldwork in Bali, including field observations and a focus group discussion on ‘Community Capacity in the Warning Chain of Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System’. The focus group took place in Tanjung Benoa, a community located on …

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Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was a guest speaker at the launch of the Tsunami Ready Community Programme in Sri Lanka. The initiative is being led by the State Ministry of Disaster Management and Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka. The Global Disaster Resilience Centre at the University of Huddersfield is a partner. This discussion on piloting …

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Professor Richard Haigh chaired a panel discussion on ‘Tackling the complexity and interdependencies of systemic disaster risk’. The panel discussion considered how current approaches to disaster risk reduction are being challenged in a world of more frequent and compounding hazards. For example, this might include a tsunami threat during a pandemic, which may challenge typical …

Panel discussion at International Symposium on Improving preparedness and response for multi-hazard scenarios in Colombo, Sri Lanka Read More »

At a recent major international webinar, Dr Harkunti Rahayu, from the Institute Technology Bandung, gave a presentation about what we learned from local and indigenous knowledge from previous events. The presentation covered lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2018 Sunda Straits Tsunami, distinguishing between seismic and non-seismic tsunami events. Dr Rahayu concluded …

Lessons learned from local and indigenous knowledge shared at an international webinar organised by UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Read More »

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga was the Chief Guest and delivered a keynote address at the International Conference on Challenges to Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Habitat, which was held in collaboration with the National Institute of Disaster Management, Government of India, International Geographical Union Commission on Hazard and Risk, UNDRR, Centre for Disaster Management Studies, and …

Professor Amaratunga is Chief Guest and delivers keynote address at International Conference in India, 5th – 6th April 2022 Read More »

An article based on the research carried out by the ITB-Huddersfield team as part of the Newton Prize winning grant, “Mainstreaming Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaption Strategies into Coastal Urban Agglomeration,” has been published in a Springer book on Post Disaster Governance in Southeast Asia. The research was funded through Newton Fund …

Findings of precursor Newton Fund Institutional Link project published in Springer book on Post-Disaster Governance in Southeast Asia, April 2022 Read More »

Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga shared some insights from the project as part of her contribution to a webinar on Natural hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction in the East Africa Rift: Challenges, Methods and Policies. This first in a series of webinar, mapped the challenges associated with assessing multi-hazard risk, and discussed methods and policies which seek …

Professor Amaratunga contributes to Webinar on Natural hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction in the East Africa Rift: Challenges, Methods and Policies Read More »

As part of fieldwork in Tanjung Benoa, Bali, Dr Harkunti Rahayu and her team visited an Elementary School to see how tsunami early warning is embedded in local education. The team observed evacuation route signage and evacuation maps that had been developed for the school, and saw how disaster education and information are taught through …

ITB team investigate tsunami early warning in Schools Read More »