Indonesian Urban Disaster Mitigation Project - Project Completion Report

The Indonesian Urban Disaster Mitigation Project was launched in March 1997 under
the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program. The objective of the Indonesia national
demonstration project is to reduce the vulnerability of the urban population,
infrastructure, critical facilities, and shelter in Bandung, West Java to natural disasters,
particularly to earthquake hazards. The project, implemented by the Center for
Earthquake Engineering Studies (CEES) and Center for Urban and Regional
Development Studies (CURDS) within the Institute for Research, Institut Teknologi
Bandung (ITB), demonstrated a methodology for seismic risk analysis, mitigation and
preparedness. The project assisted municipal officials to develop improved tools and
skills in urban planning, improved building regulation, and emergency preparedness.
Activities under the demonstration phase of the project included hazard and vulnerability
mapping, city spatial plan review, building control monitoring system review, capacity
building of local disaster management unit, development of city operational emergency
plan, review of the existing national policy on disaster management and mitigation, and
networking.