Disaster Resilience Workshop at the Disaster Oasis Centre in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Publication language
English
Pages
26pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Networks, System-wide performance, Training
Countries
Indonesia
Organisations
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)

The workshop took place at the Disaster Oasis, a disaster learning centre, where all the buildings are built to be disaster resistant and can serve as an evacuation centre in the case of future disasters. There were 70 local participants, including community architects and community representatives, and 25 international participants from Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Japan, and the Philippines, for three days of in-depth exchanges on their various experiences of coping with disasters, both in terms of preparing for future disasters and rebuilding after a disaster. Local communities affected by the eruption of Mt Merapi in 2010 served as case study sites for field visits.