On May 20th 2015, RDI had the opportunity to hold international lecture presented by Prof. Douglas Paton of Charles Darwin University, Australia with the topic Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction & Recovery: Some Perspectives.Prof. Paton began his lecture by introducing the inevitability of natural process and hazard activity to people and their activities. One important key to respond to this...
Read MoreRDI held the 19th monthly invited lecture on February 28, 2015. This time, the speaker is a senior fellow of RDI that engaged in Disaster and Climate Resilience Cluster, Dr. Saut A Sagala. He presented a lecture entitled Cultural Heritage Focus on Disaster Risk Management: Why?When we talk about cultural heritage, it is imagined in our minds something like a building, dance, fairy tales, and folk...
Read MoreIn the beginning of 2015, RDI held its monthly invited lecture, presented by one of the RDI fellow, Dr. Sapari Dwi Hadian. The topic of the invited lecture is Water Conservation in Indonesia Perspective whereas the discussion focused on water resource preservation. Currently, at the foot of Mount Manglayang there are 4 large education institutions, namely : UNPAD, ITB, IKOPIN, and IPDN. There are...
Read MoreMr. Silalahi shared his experience outlining the importance of geospatial data in disaster management in coastal area. He also discussed the role of Land Management National Agency-Badan Pertanahan Nasional (BPN) and its role to tackle with land administration issue after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami hit Aceh. In this event, many land parcels have also been covered by the inundation of seawater....
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