Capacity Development : Supporting Disaster Mitigation Activity in Indonesia

Capacity Development : Supporting Disaster Mitigation Activity in Indonesia Andi Eka Sakya ABSTRACT Indonesian's position is very unique. Indonesia is flanked by two continents and two oceans. As one of the biggest archipelagic countries in the world, it consist of more than 17000 islands lies across approximately 6000 km width from east to west and full of volcanic mountain often called ring of fire. That situation, added by the influence of meridional...

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Natural Disasters

NATURAL DISASTERS POLICY ISSUES AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES A disaster can be a natural or a man-made hazard that results in large scale physical destruction, human suffering and loss of life. It can be a tragic event resulting from events such as tsunami, earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, explosions, etc. In general, developing countries suffer the most when a disaster hits, primarily because of the lack of management...

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Analisis Trajectory Polutan di Semarang Serta Validasi Model Dispersi Polutan di Jakarta

Buruknya kualitas udara perkotaan tidak hanya disebabkan oleh sumber polutan yang besar, namun sangat dipengaruhi oleh minimnya kesadaran masyarakat akan pentingnya udara sehat.Kurangnya informasi mengenai transport dan dispersi polutan di daerah turut memberikan andil dalam peningkatan polusi udara akibat pemanfaatan tata ruang yang tidak terarah, baik untuk penempatan lokasi industri maupun pemukiman penduduk. Dengan demikian, risiko bahaya pencemaran...

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Pengembangan Rekayasa Transmitter, Radiosonde, Seismograf dan AWS

Kata Pengantar Puji syukur kami panjatkan kehadirat Allah SWT sehingga Laporan Kegiatan Pengembangan Rekayasa Transmitter, Radiosonde, Seismograf dan AWS, dimana pada tahun anggaran 2007 ini mengkhususkan pada rekayasa Automatic Weather Station.Dengan telah tersusunnya Laporan Kegiatan Pengembangan Rekayasa Transmitter, Radiosonde, Seismograf dan AWS tahun 2007 ini maka kami menyampaikan terima kasih kepada Kepala BMG, Kepala Pusat Penelitian dan...

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