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RI disaster management tool launched, world's first
The government on Wednesday launched the worldâs first Disaster Recovery Index (DRI), which measures the recovery of communities affected by the Mount Merapi eruption in 2010 and cold lava floods in 2011
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he government on Wednesday launched the world's first Disaster Recovery Index (DRI), which measures the recovery of communities affected by the Mount Merapi eruption in 2010 and cold lava floods in 2011.
The index was a collaboration between the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the Central Java and Yogyakarta disaster risk reduction forums and Survey Meter, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The DRI determines how communities recover from volcanic eruptions by way of 22 variables, measurements include infrastructure, housing, livelihood and social structure.
It is hoped that the DRI will assist the government and relevant stakeholders to better understand the challenges communities face after a disaster.
UNDP Indonesia country director, Beate Trankmann, said the launch marked another major step for Indonesia, which had made significant advances in developing disaster management institutions, tools, methodologies and mitigation approaches over recent years.
'Our mission is to ['¦] ensure that in the future, communities are better prepared not only in terms of knowledge and awareness but also in the development of infrastructure such as roads and housing,' Trankmann said.
She said the DRI would provide valuable information to policy makers on how to design long-term recovery programs.
Data collected through surveys on 1,290 households directly and indirectly affected by 2010 eruptions and 2012 cold lava floods in several districts in Boyolali, Klaten, Magelang and Sleman is used by the DRI. (ebf)
