Observations on Reconstruction in Banda Aceh after the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 819-827
Author(s):  
Earl Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Core Issues ◽  
Technical Guidance ◽  
Banda Aceh

A set of observations on reconstruction were made during the author's field work in Banda Aceh in March 2005. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre was contracted to provide technical guidance and support to the Government of Indonesia and the UN to develop a planning strategy for recovery in Aceh. Planning strategies were developed at a number of key meetings, and core issues and recommendations were identified.

Performance of Structures in Indonesia during the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 295-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Saatcioglu ◽  
Ahmed Ghobarah ◽  
Ioan Nistor
Keyword(s):  
Tsunami Wave ◽  
Seismic Damage ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Masonry Walls ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Engineered Structures ◽  
Engineering Significance ◽  
Seismic Forces ◽  
Banda Aceh

A reconnaissance was conducted in Indonesia to investigate the effects of the 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami on buildings, bridges, and other physical infrastructure. The infrastructure in the coastal regions of Banda Aceh was completely devastated by both tsunami wave pressures and seismic ground excitations. The damaging effects of the tsunami were most pronounced in unreinforced masonry walls, nonengineered reinforced concrete buildings, and low-rise timber-framed buildings. Engineered structures survived the tsunami pressure, but many suffered extensive damage due to seismic forces. The majority of the seismic damage was attributed to poor design and detailing of nonductile buildings. Specific observations made during the reconnaissance indicate the engineering significance of the disaster.

Response and Recovery in India after the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 731-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. V. R. Murty ◽  
Sudhir K. Jain ◽  
Alpa R. Sheth ◽  
Arvind Jaiswal ◽  
Suresh R. Dash
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
Andaman And Nicobar Islands ◽  
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Relief Work ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
Nicobar Islands ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rescue And Relief

The rescue and relief work undertaken in the Andaman and Nicobar islands and in mainland India after the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was massive. A number of new initiatives undertaken by the government and nongovernmental agencies were innovative and successful. Also, since the tsunami was not a typical disaster for India, it raised a number of new concerns related to reconstruction along the coast.

Northern Sumatra Field Survey after the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose C. Borrero ◽  
Costas E. Synolakis ◽  
Hermann Fritz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
Flow Depth ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Runup Height ◽  
Banda Aceh

A field survey of earthquake and tsunami effects was conducted in the region around Banda Aceh in northern Sumatra. The field data included visual observations of watermarks, which were located via handheld GPS units and then photographed. Where possible, watermarks were surveyed along cross-shore profiles to determine runup height. Additional information on wave arrival and behavior—including the timing and the number of waves—was collected through interviews with witnesses and survivors and from video recorded during the tsunami event. These data were used in conjunction with satellite imagery obtained before and shortly after the earthquake to describe the effects of the tsunami and earthquake in terms of runup height, inundation distance, flow depth, levels of structural damage, shoreline erosion, and earthquake-related subsidence. This data set is far from complete, and additional information is needed to fully assess the tsunami effects in northern Sumatra.

Land Use Change and Commodity Frontiers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Cáceres ◽  
Esteban Tapella ◽  
Diego A. Cabrol ◽  
Lucrecia Estigarribia
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Management Recommendations

Argentina is experiencing an expansion of soya and maize cultivation that is pushing the agricultural frontier over areas formerly occupied by native Chaco forest. Subsistance farmers use this dry forest to raise goats and cattle and to obtain a broad range of goods and services. Thus, two very different and non-compatible land uses are in dispute. On the one hand subsistance farmers fostering an extensive and diversified forest use, on the other hand, large-scale producers who need to clear out the forest to sow annual crops in order to appropriate soil fertility. First, the paper looks at how these social actors perceive Chaco forest, what their interests are, and what kind of values they attach to it. Second, we analyze the social-environmental conflicts that arise among actors in order to appropriate forest’s benefits. Special attention is paid to the role played by the government in relation to: (a) how does it respond to the demands of the different sectors; and (b) how it deals with the management recommendations produced by scientists carrying out social and ecological research. To put these ideas at test we focus on a case study located in Western Córdoba (Argentina), where industrial agriculture is expanding at a fast pace, and where social actors’ interests are generating a series of disputes and conflicts. Drawing upon field work, the paper shows how power alliances between economic and political powers, use the institutional framework of the State in their own benefit, disregarding wider environmental and social costs. 

Myanmar Coastal Area Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tint Lwin Swe ◽  
Kenji Satake ◽  
Than Tin Aung ◽  
Yuki Sawai ◽  
Yukinobu Okamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Real Time ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Sumatra Earthquake ◽  
The West ◽  
Tide Level ◽  
The Indian Ocean

A post-tsunami survey was conducted along the Myanmar coast two months after the 2004 Great Sumatra earthquake ( Mw=9.0) that occurred off the west coast of Sumatra and generated a devastating tsunami around the Indian Ocean. Visual observations, measurements, and a survey of local people's experiences with the tsunami indicated some reasons why less damage and fewer casualties occurred in Myanmar than in other countries around the Indian Ocean. The tide level at the measured sites was calibrated with reference to a real-time tsunami datum, and the tsunami tide level range was 2–3 m for 22 localities in Myanmar. The tsunami arrived three to four hours after the earthquake.

scholarly journals THE REVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SCHOOL PROGRAM IN INDONESIA ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Anwar Kurniadi ◽  
Fauzi Bahar
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Good Time ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Program Goal ◽  
Power Monitoring ◽  
The Government

<div><p class="Els-history-head">Schools are an essential avenue for youth to learn about disaster resilience A critical success factor for the uptake of disaster resilience learning in schools is the ability to embed learning activities in school programs that are linked to relevant curriculums. The introduction of Disaster Preparedness School (DPS) hoped students were able to identify disaster resilience learning and face the disaster occurring. In 2009, the government started developing a pilot project by combining the curriculum disaster education to the curriculum of Disaster Preparedness School (DPS). The purpose of this study was to analyze the cause of inhibition and make a strategy to solve the problem. This study used a literature review approach and source of data search from the literature that obtains via the internet in the form of results of an online library of local, national, and international, and also from books and related regulations. The results of this study are: a) The cause of inhibitions included four indicators like program target inexact, program of socialization less strength,  program goal less power, monitoring program less document incomplete;  b) The strategy to the development program of DPS would be successful under following conditions: 1) insertion curriculum of disaster mitigation education into several subjects, and into extracurricular activities that exist in schools. 2) conducting DPS Program by proper training that has been done by the ways:  right participant, the subject that relates to a local disaster, functional modules, good time setting, monitoring equipment, done routinely and systematically, and also involving the whole stakeholder.</p></div>

scholarly journals A computerized training program for teaching people how to plan better

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falk Lieder ◽  
Paul M. Krueger ◽  
Frederick Callaway ◽  
Tom Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring System ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Optimal Planning ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Computerized Training ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Process Feedback

We present an intelligent tutoring system for teaching people effective planning strategies. Our training program combines a novel process-tracing paradigm that makes people’s latent planning strategies observable with an AI systems that gives people immediate feedback on how close their planning strategy is to optimal planning. Three experiments demonstrate that our method can automatically discover which planning strategies is optimal for a given class of problems and teach it to people. We find that the metacognitive process feedback provided by our method accelerates learning compared to no-feedback and conventional feedback on the quality of the selected actions, and the training effects are retained after a break even when the feedback is removed.

scholarly journals Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan for an Island Resort

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheilane S. Mendez ◽  
Jonathan O. Etcuban ◽  
Dunedene J. Dalagan ◽  
Hearty Sol R. Mañego ◽  
Grayfield T. Bajao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Village ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Disasters are inevitable.  The island resorts in Malapascua Island, Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines are vulnerable to natural risks such as typhoons and earthquake. In increasing disaster resilience, a model should be based on risk assessment results and be integrated with the strategic planning of the government and communities. It should consider risks and risk treatments across the social, built, economic and natural environments (Councils for Australian Governments, 2009). The study aimed to propose a disaster resiliency model for Malapascua Island, Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines. The output of this study is a guide for the local community in case of natural disasters.  The descriptive survey method was utilized using a two survey questionnaires. The data regarding disaster preparedness in hotel resorts are gathered from the 80 respondents consists of the staff and managers of resorts in Malapascua Island, emergency rescue personnel, as well as the village officials of village Logon and municipal officials of Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines.  Simple percentage and rank were used in the treatment of the data.  Results showed that island is vulnerable to risk and that devised plans for emergency disasters, hazard mitigation, and contingency are needed. The researchers recommended the use of the model. However, further research on its effectiveness should be conducted to confirm the preliminary findings.

scholarly journals Banda Aceh Overview – After One Year Tsunami

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ir. Muwardi Nurdin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Free Aceh Movement ◽  
The Government ◽  
One Year ◽  
2004 Tsunami ◽  
Banda Aceh

Just over 1.5 years have past since the December 26, 2004, tsunami devastated the Province of Aceh, killing or injuring some 100,000 people and multiplying the problems of the province, which was already suffering from battles between the Indonesian army and armed independence forces of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM: Gerkan Aceh Mardeka). The half-century conflict has killed more than 15,000 soldiers and citizens of Banda Aceh, and the government placed Banda Aceh under martial law, limiting the number of foreign visitors. After the tsunami brought the previously unknown city to world attention, most people had to seek answers about where it was on the Internet or in atlases.

scholarly journals PEREMPUAN ACEH AWARD: PASANG SURUT GERAKAN PEREMPUAN ACEH DALAM PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Rosnida Sari
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Humanitarian Work ◽  
Banda Aceh

This paper looks at the Acehnese women's movement in helping to respect women's work in the grassroots community. This effort was carried out to give recognition and appreciation for women who have dedicated themselves to upholding women's human rights in Aceh, because there are still many people who do not yet know the humanitarian work they have done. The women who were nominated were those who worked since the time of the conflict until now. This voluntary work they do without financial support on a regular basis from the government, although some of them are listed as volunteers in their respective city P2TP2A. The types of cases they handle vary, from domestic violence cases to women's empowerment and society. This research was conducted in the Banda Aceh, Bener Meriah and Central Aceh regions. The research method for this study was in-depth interviews of winners, nominees and implementers of activities shaded by the Ureung Inong Aceh Shura Hall. The results of this study indicate that there are ups and downs in the implementation of this activity. Some of the obstacles that hindered him were the unavailability of funds, weak government commitment and lack of coordination of women's institutions in Aceh in the success of this activity.Keywords: Aceh Women Award, Aceh Women's Movement, Empowerment

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